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As the Houston Dynamo's new soccer-specific stadium takes shape in downtown Houston, the grass the team will eventually play on is being grown 50 miles south, in a sod farm in Damon, Texas.
Not only will the Dynamo build the first downtown soccer-specific stadium in the United States, but they will also be the first club to use a variety of sod called TifGrand. A type of Bermuda grass, TifGrand is specifically designed to be pollen-sterile and shade-tolerant.
The sod for the new stadium is being developed by Millenium Sports Technologies, a company with more than 30 years of experience of professional sports field design. Millenium has also had a hand in other MLS stadiums, including Rio Tinto Stadium (Real Salt Lake), PPL Park (Philadelphia Union), and Red Bull Arena (New York Red Bulls).
"The new Dynamo Stadium will be the first in the U.S. to use this kind of grass," said Dan Almond, owner of Millenium Sports Technologies. "It has been used previously for golf courses, but never as a soccer field. We looked at a lot of different kinds of grass, but for a variety of reasons, we decided this was the best kind."
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Thursday, September 18, 2008
13: Another Side to John Wilkes Booth
But what about the romantic Booth? Did anyone have his heart?
Someone most certainly did.
1. In 1864, he exchanged photos and letters with 16 year old Isabel Sumner from Boston Massachusetts. He gave Isabel a ring, set with a pearl, which was inscribed "J.W.B. to I.S." When Booth was sick in New York Isabel sent him flowers. It seems the romance was short-lived, and there is no evidence it lasted beyond the summer of 1864.
2. Sometime in late 1864 or early 1865, Booth entered into a serious romance with Lucy Lambert Hale, daughter of John Parker Hale, a Senator with abolitionist leanings from New Hampshire. However, an American Heritage article states that Lucy began receiving anonymous notes from Booth as early as Valentines' Day, 1862. Lucy had been pursued by several men including Oliver Wendell Holmes. An image of Lucy is seen below.
3. In January,1865, the paths of Ms. Hale and Mr. Booth crossed when they both found themselves residing in the National Hotel in Washington D.C.
4. Ms. Hale and her father were making preparations to move to Spain as the Senator had been attempting to get President Lincoln to appoint him as minister to Spain.
5. By March, Hale and Booth were secretly engaged. They were often seen together in the National Hotel and there were reports of them kissing and touching, The Senator, Lucy's father, denied any connection between Lucy and Booth when inquiries were made. In fact, many historians report that Senator Hale hoped to unite his daughter in marriage with Robert Todd, President Lincoln's son.
6. The young lovers' behavior was quite scandalous since Lucy Hale was the daughter of one of the nation's best known Senators. A liason was beneficial for Booth because Lucy could give him access to many movers and shakers of the time.
7. Much as been made throughout historical accounts of those days leading up to Lincoln's assassination including the fact that Booth attended Lincoln's Second Inaugural on March 4th. What many don't realize is Booth attended as the invited guest of Lucy Hale. Many historical resources quote Booth's good friend, Samuel Knapp Chester relating that Booth said of the ceremony, "What an excellent chance I had to kill the President, if I had wished, on inauguration day!" Booth can be seen in the picture below. Find him in the image below...top row….right of center.
8. President Lincoln appointed Senator John P. Hale to the position of American Ambassador to Spain. Hale instantly accepted the position since after 20 years as New Hampshire's senator he had lost his re-election bid. He also saw how moving to Spain would be just what he needed to seperate Booth and his daughter.
9. Many detailed histories of the events leading up to the assasssination of Lincoln state that Lucy Hale and John Wilkes Booth were seen in conversation at the National Hotel at the same time her father was meeting with the President.
10. It was that very night that President Lincoln attended the performance of "My American Cousin" at Ford's Theater and Booth carried out his assassination plot.
11. After shooting the President Booth leaped to the stage shouting "Sic semper tyrannis" breaking his leg along the way. Still, Booth is able to get away from the theater unaccosted.
12. When Booth was finally apprehended he had a picture of Lucy Lambert Hale in his chest pocket.
13. …..and what happpened to Lucy? She spent the next five years with her father in Spain and was never questioned regarding her relationship with John Wilkes Booth. She eventually married William Chandler who also served as a New Hampshire Senator.
There is an interesting article regarding Senator Hale by J. Dennis Robinson titled "Hail Hale, the Hype's All Here", and you can learn more about the home of Senator Hale here
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Excellent history lesson! Reminds me a little of the sort Mr. Al does for me.
- Denise Patrick said...
Wonderful post. I love learning new stuff about history. I never knew about Booth's personal life.
Happy TT!
Fascinating! I didn't know any of that.
- CaliforniaTeacherGuy said...
There's always another side, isn't there? Thanks for the lesson!
- jim said...
Yes, but what I would like confirmed is that Lucy and John Booth were both seen together by a female witness (for Ed Spangler's trial) in the front of the Ford Theatre, at the intermission.
This was just before Abe was shot at 10.15 pm, in the third act of 'Our American Cousin' on Good Friday, April 14th. 1865.
The intermission would have been between 9.30 and 10pm, just after John had detailed Ed Spangler the stage-hand, to put his horse in the stable and de-saddle it for the night.
John had been for a ride (having rented a fresh horse from Pumphrey's stable), as he often did in the early evening and kept his horse(s) in the theatre stables. He would then later return to his hotel (the National, where he always lived when staying in Washington).
Ed was 'always a drudge for Booth' according to James Gifford the theatre manager. However Ed was busy with scene shifting and delegated this task to young Joseph Burroughs the stable boy, colloquially known as 'Peanut John' because he would also sell peanuts to the punters.
If this meeting, time and place with Lucy could ever be confirmed then it is likely that John had arranged to meet her there, after his horse ride, returning to the theatre at about 9.30 to 9.45pm according to Spangler.
This in turn would strongly suggest that John could never have been planning to carry out the deed of assassination, less than half an hour after arranging to meet Lucy.
If this was the case then John just might have left the theatre with Lucy at the intermission before Abe was shot; as the government already had information that Booth was planning to kidnap the President.
But John had already been advised that his plan had been compromised in a letter from Samuel Arnold, another conspirator. He had thus reneged on his kidnap plan because he had sold his horse and buggy.
Ed Spangler had sold them for him on the previous Monday(10th April)according to Gifford, who received the money and the dated receipt; proving that Ed had sold them at a private auction for 260 dollars, the very amount John had requested. (All this came up in the trial).
Booth had always planned to use a horse and buggy to kidnap the President, as they had tried it this way once before with John Surratt. (Since you can't make a possible novice ride a horse at any kind of speed, unless you tied him on and force led the horse causing a long delay, in tying him on. Two on one horse would also be un-realistic, except in the movies).
However after leaving the theatre, John never went back to his hotel but disappeared in Washington somewhere and eventually escaped to somewhere else.
A short time after this, Lucy's father John Parker Hale (whose statue in Washington states he was a leading Abolitionist and had won a bill that stopped the flogging of navy men but also their rum ration)was posted to Spain to be Minister for Spain (Ambassador) for 5 years. And Lucy went with him.
If all of this was the possible case (hinging on John's meeting with Lucy at the theatre), then where did John Booth really disappear to and with whom?
- jim said...
date of above : 8 Jan 2010
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The grand-daughter, several times removed, of John Wilkes Booth lives in Barberton, OH.
She is selling-off.a treasure trove of never-before-seen memorabilia from America's most important murder.
The profits of which will be donated to assorted charities.
This will be a private, on-line auction. Your credentials as a collector will be required.


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One Swiss town takes democracy to a new level.
The Swiss town of Appenzell is probably best known for Landsgemeinden, held outdoors on the last Sunday of every April. Every citizen over 20-years-old must appear personally to cast their vote on municipal issues (if you don't, you receive a ticket and fine).
Landsgemeinden is the ultimate legislative body of the town; at their annual meeting they elect the town executive board. Various committees also present small-ticket items. No one knows when it started.
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Chicago Cocktails: How to Make Big Star's High Time Manhattan
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In some ways, the High Time Manhattan has no business being a Big Star cocktail. Ben Fasman, the whiskey-wise bar manager who created it, will freely cop to as much. Big Star, you see, draws inspiration from the shot-and-a-beer honky-tonks that grew up around the Bakersfield Sound of late-1930s California. Tacos fill the menu, and $1 suds issue from the taps. The High Time Manhattan, on the other hand—with near-equal parts Amaro Averna, from Sicily, and Carpano Antica Formula red vermouth, from Turin—sounds far more spaghetti than western.
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Some months ago, Fasman and his fellow bar managers from Big Star made their periodic trip down from Chicago to Kentucky to select bourbon barrels for the bar's house selected whiskey program. And yes, it is as cool as it sounds; they distillery-hop, meeting the guys in charge and sampling their finest and most promising product, and then buy whole barrels' worth of booze to be bottled and served exclusively at Big Star.
In addition to distinctive barrels from the likes of Old Weller and Four Roses, Ben and his team left the state having secured a cask of Wild Turkey Kentucky Spirit—the moniker the Lawrenceburg distillery gives to its single-barrel bourbon selections. After tasting straight from several barrels pulled by Wild Turkey's Eddie Russell, Fasman and the others decided on a freight train of a bourbon—richly charred, lingering and round. Taken neat, you'll practically want to chew on it.
After the bottles arrived a couple of months ago, Fasman was eager to get customers trying the stuff. Big Star seldom uses its house selected whiskeys in cocktails due to their rarity and price—the bar managers try to keep the cocktails pegged around $7—but he recognized the 101-proof Turkey had great mixing potential.
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Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or Viridiplantae in Latin. They generally obtain most of their energy from sunlight via photosynthesis using chlorophyll contained in chloroplasts, which gives them their green color.
- Plants and plant-eaters co-evolved. And plants aren't the passive partners in the chain of terrestrial life. Hence today's Pop Ecology movement is quite wrong in believing that plants are happy to fill their role as fodder for herbivores in a harmonious and perfectly balanced ecosystem. A birch tree doesn't feel cosmic fulfillment when a moose munches its leaves; the tree species, in fact, evolves to fight the moose, to keep the animal's munching lips away from vulnerable young leaves and twigs. In the final analysis, the merciless hand of natural selection will favor the birch genes that make the tree less and less palatable to the moose in generation after generation. No plant species could survive for long by offering itself as unprotected fodder.
- Robert T. Bakker, The Dinosaur Heresies: A Revolutionary View of Dinosaurs (1986), Longman Scientific & Technical, p. 179
- "Or he might say: 'Whereas some honorable recluses and brahmins, while living on food offered by the faithful, continuously cause damage to seed and plant life — to plants propagated from roots, stems, joints, buddings, and seeds — the recluse Gotama abstains from damaging seed and plant life.'
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- Hal Borland, Sundial of the Seasons (1964).
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- William Cullen Bryant, The Old Man's Counsel, line 28; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 812.
- The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life.
- Jean Giraudoux, The Enchanted (1933).
- I think that I shall never see/ A poem lovely as a tree.
- Joyce Kilmer, Trees and Other Poems (1914).
- The gadding vine.
- John Milton, Lycidas (1637), line 40.
- There is that in the glance of a flower which may at times control the greatest of creation's braggart lords.
- John Muir, A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf (1916).
- Plants will react quite sharply to an abortion. The fetus, however, will also react to the death of an animal in the family, and will be acquainted with the unconscious psychic relationships within the family long before it reaches the sixth month. The plants in a house are also quite aware of the growing fetus; the plants will also pick up the fact that a member of the family is ill, often in advance of physical symptoms. They are that sensitive to the consciousness within cellular structure. Plants will also know whether a fetus is male or female.
- Jane Roberts, The Seth Material. (1970), p. 318
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And the young winds fed it with silver dew,
And it opened its fan-like leaves to the light,
And clothed them beneath the kisses of night.
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It loves, even like Love, its deep heart is full,
It desires what it has not, the beautiful.
- Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Sensitive Plant (1820), Part I.
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- William Shenstone, The Schoolmistress (1737-48), Stanza 11.
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- Rabindranath Tagore, Fireflies (1928).
- Some to the holly hedge
Nestling repair; and to the thicket some;
Some to the rude protection of the thorn.
- James Thomson, The Seasons, Spring (1728), line 634.
- Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You ever notice that trees do everything to git attention we do, except walk?
- Alice Walker, The Color Purple (1982).
- To me the meanest flower that blows can give/ Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
- William Wordsworth, Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood (1803).


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Almost all states of the USA require that health care professionals working as Certified Nursing Assistants to complete a CNA Certification Test. As mentioned above this certification test consists of both written and practical portions. The written part of the CNA Certification Test usually consists of multiple-choice questions, however the form of the test can vary by state, and tests the knowledge of a variety of nursing assistant skills. The prospective Certified Nursing Assistants are usually given a pre-determined range of time to complete this part of the CNA Certification Test. Following the finish of the written part of the test, prospective Nurse Aides will be required to take the practical portion of the CNA Certification Test. The skill test of the certification exam allows the prospective nursing assistants to show their mastery in performing all the nursing skills that are required when working as a CNA. As stated above it is extremely important that the prospective Certified Nursing Assistants come to the certification center dressed in the right manner, so that they can complete the technical portion of the certification test.
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Our only experience swinging was in Jamaica. I found how enticing Terry can be to other men, and how excited I got watching her fucking. She truly enjoyed sex and got off on all the attention. We decided to find some playmates upon our return. It took a few months and sifting through email from a few web sites, but I finally found a reasonable single male. Martin appreciated her photos, seemed well spoken and had the added benefit of being a well-built black man who was quite well endowed. Thick and a good 9 - 10 inches. Significantly bigger than Terry was used to with me. We scheduled a date at a very nice hotel downtown. Terry only fucks other men for me in 4 star hotels. Go figure...
She was as nervous as I had ever seen, and slightly bitchy during the day. Normally I might have withdrawn a bit but not this day. We spent the day shopping to pass the time, a few clothes and a household item. I was floored when she suggested a new video camera. An impulse buy which gave me an instant erection thinking about the upcoming evening. After a brief dinner, we returned to the hotel to get ready. She took a leisurely bath and allowed me to "practice" with the new camera while she fingered herself in the tub. I then had the distinct pleasure of trimming her pussy to my desire with her spread eagle on the bed. I had picked out a tight red velvet textured outfit - a short skirt without panties and a top which tied in the front. Dressed to kill, and looking both sexy and slutty. A glass of wine to calm the nerves and off we go.
We sat in the lobby for a few minutes, waiting for Martin to arrive. We had actually not seen pictures above the neck, so we scrutinized every black man walking into the lobby. Finally, a tall gentleman made his way toward us and introduced himself. Bingo. As soon as he sat down next to Terry on the couch, I saw her nervousness melt away. She was immediately comfortable and it was obvious they both found each other attractive. Another glass of wine, and we headed off to find a bar to relax and get acquainted. I drove my SUV, while Terry and Martin rode in the back.
We found a cigar bar which was surprisingly empty, and made our way to a dark area in the back. We claimed a couch and sat Terry in the middle with Martin and I on either side. Perfect. Martin talked a bit about his previous experiences swinging, and we relayed our relatively modest experiences in Jamaica. Slowly the place filled up, and we were surrounded by other couples and groups. A young woman in a skin tight cat suit straddled the lap of an older gentleman directly in front of us. We watched as he rubbed her crotch through the cat suit. I wondered how Terry was feeling, and slipped my had under her thigh to find out. My fingers found her pussy wet. Martin and I switched places so he could do the same. She kept her legs crossed the same way to give him access to her pussy. Now the other couples were watching us. Terry leaned back and closed her eyes for a minute, enjoying the finger fucking she was getting from our new friend in front of strangers. She then announced that we had to leave, so I quickly paid the tab and off we went. I went to the parking lot to find my SUV, leaving Terry and Martin leaning on a car. She had spread her legs so he could continue to finger her, with a patio bar across the street. They finally joined me in the SUV, again in the back seat. He continued to finger her pussy while she unzipped his pants and began sucking him all the way back to the hotel. Through the rearview mirror, I could see her struggling to get his wide cock in her mouth. She managed admirably, but had her jaw and mouth as wide as possible.
Once back in the hotel room, Terry excused herself to the bathroom to change. I already had the video camera set up, and my digital still camera was also waiting. SHOWTIME. Terry strutted out in a white half cup bra, perky nipples exposed, a white garter belt with a white lace thigh high hose and a patch of fabric barely concealing her wet pussy. She laid down on her back with her right leg to the side. Martin wasted no time in pulling her panties out of the way to continue finger fucking her. A couple tugs on the side strings and there was Terry, legs spread with a black man she'd met hours before fingering her to frenzy. I manned the video camera but quickly became entranced. I had rarely seen her pussy lips so swollen. She was writhing her hips as he tickled her clit. With the video on autopilot, I grabbed the still camera and began watching my fantasy unfold.
Terry spread her legs apart further as Martin continued. He shifted up to his knees and lifted her legs back as he began gently entering her swollen pussy. I took several pictures of the two of them in this position, some from the side to catch both of them, a close up of her face in ecstasy, and several from behind them with an incredible view of this thick, long black dick spreading her pink engorged pussy lips. The contrast of his black cock and balls against her white skin was startling. Martin also possessed tremendous will power and had not yet cum despite a good 20 minutes of pounding her pussy and a few rather obvious orgasms from Terry. I could not sit behind my camera any longer.
Stripping off my underwear and shirt, I quickly joined them in bed. Martin was still fucking her, so I caressed her gorgeous breasts and deeply kissed her. She was a woman on fire as she tongued me as deeply as ever. I slid up to her head and placed my cock in her face. She turned her head, opened her mouth, and began sucking my cock like it was the last she'd ever get. Must have been too much for Martin who developed quicker breaths and more rapid thrusts deep into her pussy. Within a few moments, he was shooting his cum inside her. After less than a minute, she pushed him away and pulled me on top. I had never experienced her cunt so loose and sloppy. Gushing sounds punctuated my every thrust and we already had a huge wet spot of pussy juice and cum. The thought (and feeling) of fucking my wife for sloppy seconds was overwhelming, and I quickly spent my load inside her too. Probably one of the most intense orgasms of my entire life. I collapsed to the side, and after a few minutes we began a little more small talk.
Regaining partial strength in my legs, I wobbled to the video camera. We had just finished recording on a 60 minute tape! I rewound the tape and began watching the action all over again. The volume was turned up, so we could all hear Terry moaning (again) from the fucking Martin was giving her. Not more than 10 minutes elapsed before Martin was up and ready to go again. Terry didn't need much convincing either. A little more nipple and clit teasing brought out the heavy breathing. Her legs spread revealing the still wet pussy. This time I laid beside her as he fucked her again. I even held her leg up to spread her a bit more and let him thrust more deeply. I tried kissing her but she was obviously concentrating on the large black cock stuffing her pussy. She must have cum a couple more times before Martin dumped the third load of the evening into her well fucked pussy.
By now it was nearly 3 AM. Martin dressed and left, with promises from all to repeat the evening soon. I readied myself for sleep, but Terry had other ideas. She took my semi-erect dick and lovingly sucked and stroked it to attention. Bringing a pillow under her hips, she lay face down on the bed and once again presented her pussy to me. We fucked again until we both came, then collapsed beside each other into an oblivious sleep. Next morning, well actually 4+ hours later, we enjoyed breakfast in bed and fucked one more time before getting ready to go home. She was quite sore for a few days afterwards. Told me it was from the vigor of the fucking she received but I got to fuck her loose, sloppy cunt twice after she'd taken the entire shaft of Martin's long, thick dick. I think Martin had a bit more to do with the soreness than I did, but that's all right by me. I had just experienced the fantasy of a lifetime, watching my pretty sweet wife fuck another guy.
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The blokes at Autoblog are pretty much convinced they've placed the identity of the Evoque rally car we found in the Chinese patent books, and I'm inclined to agree with them.
Land Rover confirmed to Autoblog they have not applied for a Chinese patent that resembles a rally car, and this LRM-1 from British tuner Milner is visually a dead ringer.
Though the LRM-1 looks like an an Evoque, it's actually a completely custom space-frame chassis vehicle built by Milner themselves. It's about 20% smaller than an Evoque, and is powered by a Land Rover 5 liter supercharged V8 making "in excess of 550BHP and [500 lb/ft] of torque."
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Unfortunately Milner's away message says they won't be able to get back to us until January 20, but every vent and tube seem to match up. Take a look for yourself and let us know what you think.
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Palestinian president wants Israelis to talk peace
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RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian president will invite Israeli politicians to the West Bank to try to make sure peacemaking is on the new government's agenda, a senior official said Thursday, even as a top Israeli hard-liner proposed sidelining the polarizing issue.
Hoping to capitalize on the unexpected strength of moderates in Israel's incoming parliament, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas wants to sit down with representatives of Israeli parliamentary factions to discuss the possibility of settling the Israeli-Palestinian conflict peacefully, senior Palestinian official Yasser Abed Rabbo told The Associated Press.
"We invite the Israeli parties, particularly the new ones, for dialogue on future accords," Abed Rabbo said.
He did not say when the invitations would go out, but emphasized that Abbas wanted the meeting to take place before Israel forms its next government — a process that is expected to take several weeks.
Tuesday's parliamentary vote ended in a surprise deadlock between a hawkish, religious bloc and a camp of centrist, secular and Arab parties. While Benjamin Netanyahu, as head of the largest single party in parliament, appears set to remain prime minister, he can't put together a stable coalition without drawing in moderates beyond his traditional hardline and religious base.
He has already extended his hand to a new centrist party that advocates more serious efforts to end the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Peace talks reached an impasse before Netanyahu came into office four years ago and never resumed in earnest. The main obstacle during his tenure has been continued construction of Jewish settlements in areas captured in the 1967 war, the West Bank and east Jerusalem. Israel pulled out of the Gaza Strip in 2005 but still controls access by land, sea and air.
Abed Rabbo said the Palestinians have not dropped two longstanding conditions for negotiations — Israel must stop settlement building and the contours of the Palestinian state must be negotiated on the basis of the borders Israel held before 1967.
While opinion polls indicate a majority of Israelis back the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside Israel, peacemaking was barely mentioned as a campaign issue, reflecting widespread doubts that peace is possible after decades of violence and stop-and-go talks.
Still, the election's outcome defied forecasts that Netanyahu and his allies would steer a government with an even more hard-line makeup.
Instead, his top partner is likely to be Yesh Atid, a new party with moderate views on peacemaking that has emerged as Israel's new power broker.
Yesh Atid's leader, political newcomer Yair Lapid, has said he will not sit in a government that is not seriously pursuing peace with the Palestinians. But the focus of his campaign has been mostly on helping the needs of Israel's struggling middle class, raising questions about how hard he will push on the peace issue.
Lawmaker Avigdor Lieberman, a Netanyahu ally, told Israel Radio on Thursday that the next government must focus on domestic issues rather than peacemaking to avoid political paralysis, given lawmakers' sharply divergent views.
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"If we want the government to be effective and accomplish things, and leave a strong, significant imprint, I think everyone understands the need for domestic changes is dramatic, and that is the order of the day. So leave the foreign issues aside," he said.
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On a research trip to the Arctic, biologist Jeff Bowman witnessed a bizarre scene. Overnight, surface of the ocean had sprouted thousands and thousands of what seemed to be delicate ice flowers. They floated on the surface, sparkling like improbable geophysical artifacts. What caused it?
NPR's Robert Krulwich reports:
They aren't flowers, of course. They are more like ice sculptures that grow on the border between the sea and air. On Sept. 2, 2009, the day Jeff's colleague Matthias Wietz took these pictures, the air was extremely cold and extremely dry, colder than the ocean surface. When the air gets that different from the sea, the dryness pulls moisture off little bumps in the ice, bits of ice vaporize, the air gets humid - but only for a while. The cold makes water vapor heavy. The air wants to release that excess weight, so crystal by crystal, air turns back into ice, creating delicate, feathery tendrils that reach sometimes two, three inches high, like giant snowflakes. The sea, literally, blossoms.
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Wake up early.
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Electric rock'n'roll is going through my head.
Decide not to have a wank so I won't lose my edge and walk to the other room in the flat and start typing. Got a mishmash of columns and articles to tap out. Got a head full of ideas, a zig-zagging machine gun of stuff – gotta get it typed up before it disappears into the ether.
Plenty of work got done last night when I got back in from watching couple of great local bands, one, Dirty North play a mash up of ska, hip-hop and razor-sharp lyrics like Antic Monkeys are rattling my cage. They were supported by Mike Garry, a fantastic poet whose Mancunian street poems will make him the poet laureate of Manchester within months. When I'm writing about stuff like this words come easy and I still operate under the age-old rule of never write the first paragraph till last. Never sweat over that first sentence – just get on with it, a few words in and the word spew comes and you can be sat in a daze with words pouring out till someone phones. Or you feel hungry. Oh shit I feel hungry. I then do about 15 minutes of yoga to keep these trusty old limbs springy and then I eat. I eat like a horse! Writing is hungry work.
I return to the laptop and continue writing and then editing. Gotta get these words down before the phone starts ringing or the Internet starts buzzing. When you are one they are many and you have to organise your life! DIY is the greatest idea but it means often booking band tours for my band Goldblade on my own, sorting out deals and doing loads of meetings, as well as writing and extra-curricular stuff like helping Blackpool council with projects to make the town look, well, different than the clichéd idea of it.
I rattle out a couple of columns with the music now cranked up to full. I love rock'n'roll and I'm putting another dime in the jukebox baby. Also loving these dubstep collections you can find on the net and loving the occasional new demo but also wanna hear some good time adrenalin punk rock, Black Flag's Damaged…mmm…let's put that on again – the infernal energy and righteous racket matches the mood perfectly, will relatively chill out with the dubstep later.
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Three people died and about 35 were injured in a day of violence that began with clashes at a white nationalist rally on Saturday in Charlottesville, Va., Gov. Terry McAuliffe said.
One of those killed was a 32-year-old female pedestrian who was hit by a car that plowed into marchers, authorities said. The driver of the car, James Alex Fields is being held on charges including second degree murder. Police say he's from Ohio.
A short time after the violence erupted, a police helicopter crashed, killing two troopers. Virginia State Police said the helicopter was assisting law enforcement officers monitoring the rally, according to The Associated Press. The officers killed were Lt. H. Jay Cullen, 48, of Midlothian, Va. and trooper-pilot Berke M.M. Bates, 40 of Quinton, Va.
Virginia State Police posted on Facebook that the helicopter crash in Albemarle County, where Charlottesville is located, occurred at approximately 5 p.m.
Gov. McAuliffe, speaking at a press conference, had a strong message for the white nationalist protesters: "Go home."
He added, "You are not wanted in this great commonwealth. Shame on you. You pretend that you are patriots, but you are anything but a patriot."
In video posted to Twitter, a silver car with darkened windows can be seen speeding through the crowd and ramming another vehicle, sending people through the air. The car then goes into reverse while marchers chase it.
Police said the afternoon crash happened near the intersection of Fourth and Water streets.
Charlottesville Mayor Mike Signer tweeted that one person had died in that crash.
Warning: The video in the tweet below is graphic.
Photos and video show multiple people being treated for injuries, and police can be seen securing the scene of the wreck.
The crash involved three cars and, in addition to the fatality, at least nine people were injured, according to the AP.
President Trump condemns "violence on many sides"
In a statement sandwiched between announcing and signing legislation to expand a veterans health care program, the president said he condemned "in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry, and violence on many sides."
"We have to respect each other, ideally we have to love each other," he said.
State of emergency declared
Virginia's governor had earlier declared a state of emergency as a result of violent clashes involving hundreds of protesters in Charlottesville.
The move came during a white nationalist rally planned in the small college town to protest plans to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from a city park. On Saturday morning, protesters and counterprotesters faced off, kicking, punching, hurling water bottles at and deploying chemical sprays against one another.
Approximately 500 protesters were on-site, with more than double the amount of counterprotesters, according to reporter Sandy Hausman of member station WVTF and Radio IQ. She said some injuries had been reported.
Police used tear gas to disperse the crowd, before offering protesters the option of being arrested or moving to another, larger location approximately 1 mile away, she told NPR's Scott Simon on Weekend Edition Saturday.
The declaration by Gov. McAuliffe was made in order to "aid state response to violence" at the rally in the city about 120 miles southwest of Washington, D.C., and home to the University of Virginia. The city's manager also declared a local emergency and police ordered people to disperse from the area around the statue, according to the AP.
The "Unite the Right" rally was expected to draw a lot of people from out of town. It follows last month's Ku Klux Klan rally, also in Charlottesville, that drew about 50 Klan members and about 1,000 counterprotesters.
Politicians react to Saturday morning's clashes
After the violent outbursts, politicians tweeted their disdain at the events in Charlottesville. Trump called on Americans to "come together as one."
House Speaker Paul Ryan said the views of the white nationalists were "repugnant" and called for Americans to unite against "this kind of vile bigotry."
First lady Melania Trump called for people to "communicate [without] hate in our hearts."
NHL team logo used during white nationalist protest
In an odd side story, many of the white nationalist marchers were seen holding signs featuring the logo of the Detroit Red Wings, a historic hockey franchise in the NHL.
An anti-immigrant group called the Detroit Right Wings features a similar logo. A Twitter account that seemed to represent the group tweeted earlier in the week about attending Saturday's rally.
As images of marchers flaunting the logo began flooding social media, the team issued a swift statement in response.
"The Detroit Red Wings vehemently disagree with and are not associated in any way with the event taking place today in Charlottesville," the team said. "We are exploring every possible legal action as it pertains to the misuse of our logo in this disturbing demonstration."
NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly added in an email to the AP, "This specific use is particularly offensive because it runs counter to the inclusiveness that our league values and champions."
Friday night protests turn violent
The clashes began Friday night, when far-right protesters carrying torches descended on the University of Virginia campus.
In a Facebook post about that march, Mayor Signer wrote, "I am beyond disgusted by this unsanctioned and despicable display of visual intimidation on a college campus."
In the days leading up to Saturday's planned rally, there had been some back-and-forth about where it would be held.
The AP reported that a federal judge ordered Charlottesville to allow the rally to take place at its originally planned location downtown:
"U.S. District Judge Glen Conrad issued a preliminary injunction Friday in a lawsuit filed against Charlottesville by right-wing blogger Jason Kessler.
"The city announced earlier this week that the rally must be moved out of Emancipation Park to a larger one, citing safety reasons.
"Kessler sued, saying the change was a free speech violation. The judge wrote that Kessler was likely to prevail and granted the injunction."
After the ruling, The New York Times reported:
"Late Friday night, several hundred torch-bearing men and women marched on the main quadrangle of the University of Virginia's grounds, shouting, 'You will not replace us,' and 'Jew will not replace us.' They walked around the Rotunda, the university's signature building, and to a statue of Thomas Jefferson, where a group of counterprotesters were gathered, and a brawl ensued."
University President Teresa Sullivan issued a statement after Friday night's march.
"As President of the University of Virginia, I am deeply saddened and disturbed by the hateful behavior displayed by torch-bearing protestors that marched on our Grounds this evening. I strongly condemn the unprovoked assault on members of our community, including University personnel who were attempting to maintain order.
"Law enforcement continues to investigate the incident, and it is my hope that any individuals responsible for criminal acts are held accountable. The violence displayed on Grounds is intolerable and is entirely inconsistent with the University's values."
City officials and police say they are prepared for any violence. Gov. McAuliffe urged Virginians to stay away from the rally and placed the National Guard on standby. The guard released a statement saying it would "closely monitor the situation."
Earlier this week, All Things Considered host Ari Shapiro reported on Airbnb's decision to make it harder for people attending the rally to find places to stay. The company canceled the accounts of people it confirmed had used its platform to book lodging for the event. It says those people defy its community standards. Rally organizers say this should be grounds for a lawsuit.
Debate over the Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville began when an African-American high school student started a petition more than a year ago to have it removed. Lee, who was born in Virginia, commanded Confederate forces in the Civil War from 1862 until he surrendered in 1865.
NPR's Patricia Cole and Maquita Peters contributed to this report.
This is a developing story. Some things that get reported by the media will later turn out to be wrong. We will focus on reports from police officials and other authorities, credible news outlets and reporters who are at the scene. We will update as the situation develops.
The governor of Virginia has declared a state of emergency in Charlottesville after a rally to protest the removal of a Confederate statue turned violent today. White nationalist demonstrators and counter protesters have been facing off on the streets of Charlottesville. We're joined now by Sandy Hausman of member station WVTF and Radio IQ in Charlottesville. Sandy, thanks for being with us.
SANDY HAUSMAN, BYLINE: Sure.
SIMON: You've been out at the scene today. What have you seen? What's been happening?
HAUSMAN: Well, the reality, Scott, is that this rally was supposed to start at noon. But people started showing up well before then. There were probably about 500 of these white supremacists who met in Emancipation Park. It's a small space that used to be known as Lee Park, and there is that statue of Robert E. Lee on horseback there. And as you mentioned, the city wants to get rid of it. And that's why these white supremacists decided they wanted to meet there.
The city wanted protesters to rally in a much bigger space, but the organizers sued. And yesterday, a federal judge ruled that under the First Amendment, they had that right - that the location was significant and part of their freedom of expression. There were also at least a thousand counter protesters who showed up. Some were very peaceful. A couple were passing out flowers and offering hugs. And the event has drawn a very large contingent of religious leaders. Local ministers put out a call for a thousand religious leaders to come to Charlottesville, and quite a few have shown up.
SIMON: Well, we're seeing horrifying pictures, I think really all over the world at the moment, of violence. What did you see? How did that begin?
HAUSMAN: Yeah, I wouldn't describe our situation as horrible. But certainly, it was not pleasant. What has happened is, initially, these white supremacists were meeting in the small park. They were surrounded by the counter protesters who were shouting some pretty hostile slogans at them. And parties of white supremacists would grab their shields and sort of waltz past the counter protesters, and there would be more shouting. And some fights did break out, and police used tear gas to break them up. There's quite a large cloud floating over this group.
And that was when the governor declared a state of emergency. It was about 11:30. And police labeled the Unite the Right an unlawful assembly. And they gave the demonstrators a choice. They could be arrested, or they could move to the larger park, which is about a mile away. And that's what they did. They marched over to the other park, and that's where they are right now. And I believe some National Guardsmen may have been deployed to that area along with local and county police and state police. So it's, you know, a tense situation. But so far, we've not had any serious injuries.
SIMON: Sandy, I think a lot of people think of Charlottesville as a place of, you know, wine bars and fair trade coffee shops and - very literary place...
HAUSMAN: Yeah.
SIMON: ...And progressive place. How are the people of Charlottesville reacting to being a dateline now?
HAUSMAN: Yeah, Charlottesville's not a town for activists. I mean, there are some here. But I'd say most people in this town would describe themselves as liberals, and they feel very badly about what's going on. And a couple of them actually organized a fundraiser to help immigrants and low-income African-American families. And the last time I checked, they had more than 500 pledges.
SIMON: Sandy Hausman of member station WVTF and Radio IQ from Charlottesville, thanks so very much for being with us.
HAUSMAN: Sure. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Royal Dutch Shell is postponing its plans to drill for oil and gas off the coast of Alaska, the company announced Monday, just a week after it began preliminary drilling in the Chukchi Sea for the first time in 20 years. The pre-winter window for Arctic drilling was already closing quickly, but Shell says it finally decided to scrap its 2012 program when a key piece of equipment was damaged in a safety test last week.
Shell still plans to restart its efforts in 2013, but the delay nonetheless culminates a frustrating summer of setbacks for the oil giant, which has spent billions in recent years trying to prove it can safely drill off Alaska's northern coast.
The latest mishap didn't occur in the frigid Chukchi, where Shell began drilling pilot holes a week ago, but in the relatively balmy waters of Bellingham, Wash., where its spill-response barge has been undergoing a series of federal safety tests. Named the Arctic Challenger, the barge carries a containment dome that can be lowered onto a leaking oil well, similar to the one used at BP's Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010. The Challenger's presence is legally required before Shell can tap Alaska's offshore oil and gas, but as the company explains in Monday's press release, its damaged dome likely couldn't be repaired before winter creeps back across the Arctic:
"The time required to repair the dome, along with steps we have taken to protect local whaling operations and to ensure the safety of operations from ice floe movement, have led us to revise our plans for the 2012-2013 exploration program. In order to lay a strong foundation for operations in 2013, we will forgo drilling into hydrocarbon zones this year. Instead, we will begin as many wells, known as 'top holes,' as time remaining in this season allows. The top portion of the wells drilled in the days and weeks ahead will be safely capped and temporarily abandoned this year, in accordance with regulatory requirements."
While Shell didn't elaborate on how the dome was damaged, the Los Angeles Times reports that it happened during a test in which the dome was lowered over a "clump weight" that symbolizes an oil spill. The weight sank deeper into the seabed silt than intended, leading engineers to launch a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to help guide the dome toward its target. "They got some of the weights set to hold the dome, then one of the eight winches on the dome became inoperative," an unidentified source tells the Times. "They attempted to discover what was wrong by using the ROV, and got it tangled in the anchor lines of the dome and it sank into the silt."
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"People have been fighting Mother Nature since the dawn of time — the fight is crystallized in Shell's desire to drill in the harsh and unpredictable climate of America's Arctic Ocean," said Cindy Shogan, director of the Alaska Wilderness League, in an emailed statement. "And as we have seen today, Shell is losing."
Environmentalists have long argued that Shell and other oil companies are ill-equipped to drill in the Arctic, pointing to dangers such as choppy waters, large chunks of sea ice and a geographical remoteness that could complicate any disaster response. And after a reportedly bungled containment-dome test that echoes BP's failures in the summer of 2010, Shell's critics now have a new round of ammunition.
Despite agreeing to hold off from full-scale drilling this year, Shell isn't simply abandoning the Arctic until next summer. The company will continue drilling top holes both in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas, part of a strategy in which it will bury large blowout preventers below the seabed to protect them from bottom-scraping sea ice. Shell described this process in a recent animation:
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