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A Year in the Life of a Corrie Blogger
Fri, 24th Oct 2014 Emma Hynes Coronation Street, Personal Accounts Leave a comment
I wrote this little piece, which originally appeared on the Coronation Street Blog, to mark my first year writing for the site.
It was on the 22nd of October 2013, a year ago today, that I introduced myself on the Coronation Street Blog. The following day, I posted my first episode review in which Roy struggled to come to terms with hospitalised Hayley's difficult decision, Sally tried to convince everyone, not least herself, that she was only with Tim for fun, Dennis felt Rita's wrath for pawning her engagement ring, Tommy's departure was confirmed by Tina, and Chesney's lock up was broken into leaving him with no income.
It's hard to believe a year has passed, and yet I'm conscious that so much has happened in between. In addition to the rewarding experience of writing about Corrie over the past year, I embarked on a number of exciting blog related missions. I've had the privilege of travelling to ITV in Manchester to view episode previews and meet several cast members, and while every interview has been unique, I've marvelled each time at the passion these actors share for their craft, their characters and the programme. I also walked the cobbles for the first time, pulled a pint in the Rovers, had lunch in the Bistro and was interviewed about Corrie on BBC radio, and I feel so lucky to have had these wonderful opportunities.
Thanks to the blog I was also able to share a survey I created as part of my MA in Film and Television Studies on Corrie fan engagement and viewership. I'm sure I would never have gotten the 339 completed surveys that made my research so rewarding without it, and it's a testament to the passion of Corrie fans that so many completed it. You have my eternal gratitude.
I have thoroughly enjoyed the interaction with the new friends I've made through writing for the blog; kindred Corrie spirits whose passion, enthusiasm and dedication is unwavering. Even if they are unhappy with their beloved soap, their desire to see change is rooted in their commitment to it and the joy it brings them. They've made me laugh, educated me, given me food for thought, inspiration and encouragement, and the interaction is a very welcome part of my life. I'm so grateful to them and to anyone who takes the time to read my pieces.
If it wasn't for the blog's wonderful editor Glenda giving me this opportunity, I wouldn't have these enriching experiences to look back on, and we wouldn't have this great site, which I am very proud and grateful to be part of, and feel the importance of which cannot be underestimated. Coronation Street's rich heritage is remarkable and unique, and is not only sustained on screen, but propelled forward by the threads we weave in the spaces which surround the programme. For me to have the opportunity of contributing to this vast tapestry in my own small way is a privilege I'll always value and never take for granted.
I'm excited by what the future holds; the storylines to come, the conversations we will have about them, the words we will conjure up to give form to our thoughts, feelings and passions, and those half hours, for three evenings a week, where the world stops, and we immerse ourselves in another, so well known to us that it forms part of the very fabric of our lives. Whatever lies ahead for our favourite soap and its characters, we shouldn't forget that sharing it together is a pleasure in itself.
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The Clinton Campaign Wants To Win The Latino Vote One Text At A Time
From Marc Anthony concerts to debate night, the campaign is engaging tens of thousands of Hispanics across the country through texts.
by Adrian Carrasquillo
Posted on November 16, 2015, 4:55 pm
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The Clinton campaign saw an opportunity to damage an opponent.
It was late August, back before Marco Rubio replaced Jeb Bush as the candidate many Democrats viewed as the most formidable general election opponent, and Bush had used the term "anchor babies" while talking about stronger immigration enforcement.
The campaign's Latino team, which includes Hispanic outreach director Lorella Praeli, digital organizing director Jessica Morales Rocketto, Hispanic media director Jorge Silva, and Paola Luisi on the communications team, discussed how to best respond before settling on an SMS text blast to the campaign's growing list of Latinos who signed up to receive messages on their mobile phones.
They went with an aggressive attack, comparing Bush to Donald Trump, saying this is how he speaks about Latinos "when he thinks no one is listening" and if recipients replied with "HEAR" they received an automated call with audio of Bush's remarks in English and Spanish.
The campaign says the response was incredible. The Latino list saw a spike in growth, with people getting their friends to text in, as well as high numbers of people actually listening to the phone call.
"We always sort of had a theory that this was going to work, but what proved it was the Jeb Bush anchor baby text," Morales Rocketto said.
According to the campaign, tens of thousands of Hispanics have signed up to receive the bilingual text messages (recipients can say whether they prefer English or Spanish; 75% ask to receive them in English). Unsurprisingly, the top states are some of the most populous: Texas, California, and critical Florida. Other big, reliably blue states mostly round out the top 10, but also included are Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Arizona.
In the primary, Latino voters recognize and support Clinton at significantly higher levels than her opponents. A program like this aims to keep younger Hispanics, which now make up a larger percentage of the Latino vote, engaged and ultimately send them out to volunteer or vote. But for a campaign looking to recapture the younger, more diverse Democratic coalition that elected President Obama twice, programs like this are even more likely tests for next fall.
A poll released last week by Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg found motivation from the "Rising American Electorate," defined as minorities, young voters, and single women, is lagging behind that of Republican-aligned voter groups.
But so far, the Clinton campaign says they're seeing enthusiasm with their texting program. Amid the bevy of data they've collected through the program (all tied to phone numbers), according to the campaign, 91% of those responding are eligible voters, with 9% not eligible to vote but still wanting to volunteer or be involved (the campaign considers the latter group to be made up significantly of undocumented immigrants).
Reaching Hispanics and young adults goes hand-in-hand. In fact, a source close to Jeb Bush's super PAC, Right to Rise, said the group was pitched that 50% of Latinos are "millennials" and 25% of "millennials" are Hispanics. And the Clinton's push to reach these voters on their phones makes sense, said Mark Hugo Lopez of Pew Hispanic.
"More than half of Hispanic adults are cellphone-only so if you want to reach Latinos one of the best ways is mobile," he said, adding that Hispanics go online at higher rates than other groups.
The campaign has used high-profile endorsements from well-known figures in the Latino community to grow their list (the strongest: when Marc Anthony brought Clinton on stage during his concert in Miami and pitched the texting program or when Julian Castro told those gathered at a San Antonio rally to take out their phones and text the campaign).
When Dolores Huerta, a labor leader who worked with Cesar Chavez, endorsed Clinton, the action rate of people listening to her endorsement message was about three times higher than some of the broader audience messages, the campaign said.
The program has also not been perfect: Saturday's immigration text misspelled the word — "immigation" — and the campaign's text, typo included, was repeated again and again on Twitter during the debate.
But it is providing the campaign with early returns, a lot of data, and a reliable way to reach supporters. People who sign up to receive texts are asked to self-identify (Latinos are not monolithic). Thus far, most respondents have Mexican heritage, followed by Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Salvadorans, Colombians, Cubans, Peruvians, and Ecuadorians.
And they've experimented with the language in the text, at times mixing some familiar Spanish words into the English-language texts, meant for the bicultural audience, for example. The campaign has tested messages beyond immigration, which is an issue of importance for Latinos but not the only issue, as well. During Saturday's debate it sent Spanish-language texts on health care and gun control, in addition to immigration.
While the campaign says the SMS program is deeply integrated into its digital strategy as an organizing and voter-education tool, with plans to use it for get-out-the-vote efforts later on in the cycle, Democrats also view the SMS program is an effective tool for attacking Republicans, and in particular, tying them to Trump.
Strategist Maria Cardona said that while Trump is favorably citing a deeply controversial 1950s policy called "Operation Wetback" to defend his plan to deport millions of undocumented immigrants, Clinton is engaging Latinos positively.
"A fire has been lit underneath the Hispanic community's feet and young people have been a large part of that because of what they're hearing," Cardona said. "Romney lost Latinos 27% to 71% and he was just advocating self-deportation."
Adrian Carrasquillo
Adrian Carrasquillo is the White House correspondent for BuzzFeed News and is based in Washington, DC.
Contact Adrian Carrasquillo at adrian.carrasquillo@buzzfeed.com.

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Unions have criticised the Metropolitan Police after it was revealed evidence to the spy cop investigation had been destroyed.
The general secretaries of six unions – FBU, GMB, NUJ, NUM, RMT and Unite – have demanded a fresh inquiry into how files related to the Pitchford Inquiry into undercover policing had been shredded by officers.
A joint statement read: "We the undersigned are outraged at the news that despite court orders to the contrary, the Metropolitan Police Service has destroyed evidence required for use in the Undercover Policing Public Inquiry. State spying on trade unions and political campaigns is a human rights scandal that affects millions of British citizens.
"Despite continued reassurances, the Pitchford Inquiry has failed to secure the documents that will be central to the investigation. Trade union core participants are beginning to question whether the Inquiry team has the ability to stop the police from obstructing the pursuit of justice. Lord Justice Pitchford needs to act now to restore our faith.
"We are calling on Lord Justice Pitchford to announce an urgent inquiry hearing to examine the destruction of evidence by the police. The Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe should be forced to give evidence under oath to explain why, how and under whose authority documents have been destroyed.
Dave Smith, blacklisted construction worker and himself a core participant in the undercover policing inquiry, added: "The Pitchford Inquiry has been running for nearly two years and so far not a single document has been disclosed to our lawyers and not a single witness has given evidence.
"The delay is entirely due to police attempts to try and keep their dirty secrets away from public scrutiny. The police are no longer just obstructing justice, by shredding evidence they are in contempt of court. We demand to know who gave the order and whether criminal charges will be brought against them. The more this scandal unfolds, the more apparent it is that the Met Police think they are above the law. This has got to stop".
GMB legal director Maria Ludkin said: "The fact police destroyed these potentially vital documents in the face of a court order is nothing short of a national scandal.
"We need an immediate investigation into how this evidence was allowed to be eradicated. Without this, how can we have any faith in the future of the Pitchford Inquiry?
"Blacklisted workers have endured lies, denials and cover ups for decades. Pitchford represents a real opportunity to bring light and transparency to this murky and unlawful world.


Allied States reports minor legislative victories for the independent exhibitors. They are campaigning for a regulatory act, "fashioned somewhat along the lines of the Bituminous Coal Act of 1937 (Guffey-Vinson Act). Includes a submission "Petition for Relief from Contracts Combinations Conspiracies and Monopolies in the Motion Picture Industry.Also a Petition for Relief from Allied to the House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, 10 February 1937, written by H.M. Cole. This is effectively an industry history written from the side of the independent exhibitors.
There is a proposal from Myers, from the Allied States convention 22 September 1937, proposing "a regulatory act, fashioned somewhat along the lines of the Bituminous Coal Act of 1937 (Guffey-Vinson Act). " This set up a regulatory board of 7 members, - 2 ex-mine workers, 2 ex-owners, but none with current interests in coal production or any other occupation - i.e. he is proposing movie commissioners, some possibly ex-exhibitors and ex-producers, to enforce "a code which is, in effect, a legislative requirement that certain fair trade practices shall be observed." - and this is enforced by a punitive tax on all production if it is not complied with. "The criticisms issuing from certain quarters regarding some of Allied's milder legislative proposals, such as the Neely-Pettengill bill, the anti-playdate bill, and the divorcement bill, are 1. that they are not broad enough to accomplish any substantial reform; 2. that they can be readily evaded; 3. that they do not have 'teeth.' To these critics I tender a plan which, whatever other faults it may possess, cannot be challenged on the score of ineffectiveness. ... If the exhibitors of the United States want this form of regulation and will work for it, they can secure it. If they want some less drastic measure, they can have that. But they must make up their minds. A division of opinion after a measure has been introduced, however one-sided, will imperil their chances. "Also a Petition for Relief from Allied to the HoR Committee on the Judiciary, 10 February 1937, written by H.M. Cole. This is effectively an industry history written from the side of the independent exhibitors.It notes the Department of Justice (DoJ) has instituted 17 prosecutions against the motion picture industry under the antitrust laws during the past 25 years. 9 were won. Of those, only 3 were contested, 5 terminated in "ineffective consent decrees" and 1 dismissed "in consideration of concessions made by the defendants to the victims. The significant thing is that despite the Department's apparent timidity in dealing with this trust, it has never failed in any case decided by a judge. Only one of these cases, that brought against the Motion Picture Patents Company in 1912, was of any significance. The others dealt with minor or purely local manifestations of the monopoly. Despite all this apparent activity the trust marches on. "... during the period from 1915 to 1922 there were in most film centres from 20 to 40 exchanges to which an exhibitor could apply for films. The business during this period was characterized by free and open competition." Compulsory block booking did not exist, and first runs and protection were open to all who could afford them. Zukor was responsible for the formation of the MPPDA, once his construction of a monopoly was met with the resistance that led to the creation of First National, U.A., Loew's Metro and general exhibitor hostility. "A pre-existing trade association known as the National Association of the Motion Picture Industry, comprising all branches of the industry, was abandoned. The circumstances that certain unwholesome conditions in Hollywood had just come to light helped to obscure Zukor's real purpose ... [which] was to bring the warring factions in production and distribution together, to keep within due bounds the competition that was so menacing, to enable the industry to present a united front in opposing censorship and other regulatory measures, and to perpetuate for the group the monopolistic practices that had been evolved by and had proven so profitable to Zukor. That Zukor's purpose was as herein stated is attested by the fact that one of the first steps taken by the Hays Association following its formation was not, as the public had expected, to clean up the movies. Instead, it was to devise and put into general use a uniform exhibition contract and to formulate and put into operation compulsory arbitration and credit bureau systems, directed against the exhibitors and supported by blacklists, which were later struck down by unanimous decisions of the Supreme Court as flagrantly violative of the Sheridan Act." Describes consolidations during the 1920s, notes that Warner-First National was effected despite a suit filed by DoJ - which did frustrate Fox-Loews, but no action was taken when RKO absorbed Path and Fox absorbed Educational and Tiffany. "Lobbying activities: One of Hays' first acts was to employ C.C. Pettijohn, an Indiana politician, to supervise all lobbying activities. The efforts of Mr. Pettijohn and his regular staff are supplemented form time to time by politicians and persons close to the Administration recruited from whichever party is in power. The slightest intimation of any adverse action by Congress or any State legislature or other department or agency of government will bring a locust swarm of these lobbyists to the scene of action. A full disclosure of the activities of this branch of the Hays Association would provide a lesson in invisible government. "... Control of the MPTOA. ... Between 1922 and 1928 Paramount, Loew's, and Fox had acquired many theatres and circuits of theatres, and UA and Universal were joining in the movement. To render impotent the outraged exhibitors these chains became members of the MPTOA. At the Toronto convention 1928, representatives of the affiliated chains seized control of the association. for many years it has been maintained as a mere appendage of the Hays Association. The United States District Court in Nebraska has described it as "subsidized by and a subsidiary of" the Hays group. The membership consists almost wholly of producer-owned theatres and its expenses are paid by the chains through the Hays office. The president of MPTOA who no longer operates any theatres, spends a large part of his time appearing before legislative committees and other bodies opposing measures sponsored by the independent exhibitors and welfare groups to correct the evil practices of the Big Eight. Also claims the trade press are controlled by the monopoly through advertising."Theatre Grabbing: Prior to the Depression: Exhibitor opposition having been reduced to impotency the more powerful of the major producers - Paramount, Loew's, Fox and Warner - set about acquiring theatres in earnest. The pretense of acquiring theatres only in key cities for exploitation purposes was abandoned and theatres were grabbed wherever possible. Money being plentiful the process was made easy. In cases where the independent owner was reluctant to sell a threat to build in opposition to him usually was sufficient to change his mind. This process continued until 1931, when the depression finally caught up with the movies. It is estimated that by that time the companies named, together with RKO which had come in later, controlled upwards of 4,500 theatres. "Some of these they were forced to relinquish. This setback was only temporary, however, and soon they were again back on their course. They evolved an apt solution for their problem. Landlords and hotelkeepers were bulldozed into yielding enormous concessions. Theatres were tendered to these interests with the warning, 'You can have the theatres, but we control the product, so what are you going to do about it?' When expedient 'friendly' receiverships and bankruptcies were resorted to, the same individuals operated the theatres during the interim and these same people are running them since they were discharged by the courts. Numerous scandals grew out of these collusive proceedings some of which will undoubtedly be reported by the Sabath Committee."Since the Depression: Now exultantly free from financial worries and with money both plentiful and cheap, the Big Eight are again pressing for control of the field of exhibition. But this time they are not proceeding, as they did before, 'on a scale that was huge and in a manner that was wild.' Instead of tempting the theatre owner with a price too high to resist, they are employing a new technique - which is more subtle and far less costly. An independent exhibitor with a first class theatre in a good town, is approached by an agent of some theatre chain, either producer-controlled or a 'fairhaired child' [the Big 8 as a matter of policy or expediency frequently extent unusual favors to so-called independent chains comparable to those which they afford their own circuits. This is partly to curry favor because of the buying power of such chains and partly with a view to eventually taking them over. An independent chain rarely remains so after it has attained a certain size] with an offer to buy a controlling interest. Thereafter the transaction may follow either of two courses: "He agrees to sell: The chain gives him notes (executed by a subsidiary and of little value as bankable paper), paying over a number of years, with maturities spaced so that the same can be liquidated out of the chain's share of the normal profit. The exhibitor also is required to contract with the chain to buy and book for his theatre with no safeguards as to the rentals to be paid for such pictures. For this service the exhibitor must yield to the chain from 4% to 6% of the gross receipts. The chain can, and usually does, buy in bulk for its entire circuit and arbitrarily allocates to the exhibitor's theatre such proportion of the total film cost as it sees fit. This is the power of life or death and it can be and has been used to make unprofitable the operation of theatres and force their relinquishment to the chain on its own terms."He refuses to sell: The chain advises all of the Big 8 that it desires their film for use in the town in which the exhibitor has his theatre. If the exhibitor remains obdurate the chain will reopen some abandoned theatre, or build a cheap one, and the exhibitor's first-class house loses prestige and patronage for lack of major product. Sometimes a few of the major companies will stick with the independent and sometimes he loses all. He cannot even buy the individual pictures discarded by the chain house. Neither can he buy second or any subsequent run on the picture that the chain does use. For the most part he is forced to fall back on the inferior product of the few surviving state's rights exchanges. He can not even buy short subjects, (one and two reel fillers) of which there is a large surplus on the market. He is faced with ruin and sooner or later must make a deal. "An occasional variation is to permit the exhibitor to enter into an arrangement whereby the chain does his buying and booking without acquiring an interest in his theatre. For this 'service' the exhibitor pays the chain from 4% to 6% of his gross receipts. In most cases this is of no benefit to the exhibitor except as it protects him against invasion and annihilation. "This invasion by the highly organized producer-distributors of the field of exhibition, thereby becoming competitors of the theatre owners dependent on them for necessary supplies of film is one of the principal evils of the business today and the root from which most of the unfair trade practices spring. "Protection ... The time specified often is materially enlarged by the circumstance that the number of prints of any given picture supplied by the distributors to the exchanges has been greatly reduced in recent years and it frequently happens that after the protection period has expired no print is available to the exhibitor until the lapse of a further period of some 14 to 60 days. Protection has been fortified by a rigid control over the admission prices charged by the subsequent run theatres, and this control is exercised by the exchanges at the behest of the chains regardless of whether the pictures are played on a percentage or flat rental basis." - other complaints involve percentages, which guarantee the distributor additional profit while taking no risk, preferred playing dates, block booking, blind selling, and Duress: The explanation offered by the trust as to all of these oppressive trade practices is that, since they are embodied in exhibition contracts between the distributors and the exhibitors, they are merely a matter of barter and sale and are not imposed on the exhibitors against their will. The answer is that there are a limited number of worthwhile pictures and the theatre owners are dependent on the Big 8 for the backbone of their program. Thus the exhibitors really have no choice. Unless they sign on the dotted line the distributor puts them under duress by threatening to build in opposition. If they still remain obdurate, the chain moves in."The current situation has involved a reduction in production "to a point where there is a definite shortage of pictures." In 1935 only 356 from the Big Eight and 138 features from independents and state's rights. "With the resumption of theatre grabbing the community of interest among the Big Eight has become more tangible and pronounced. Competition among them in the operation of theatres has been limited to the larger cities. Even there, with rare exceptions, not more than two have theatre representation, and in many of these situations they have pooled the operation of their houses. It would appear that the aim has been to restrict invasions of the field of exhibition to independent situation. Each of the Big Eight enjoys a valuable business in supplying pictures to the others to be used in competition with the independents. The contracts between the different members of the Big Eight are cogent evidence of their community of interest. These contracts, sometimes called franchises, are often for a term of years and bear little resemblance to the yearly exhibition contracts offered the independent exhibitors. They do not impose compulsory block booking but on the contrary, provide for wide selectivity. Under these contracts first runs and in the metropolitan areas second and even third runs are made the exclusive possessions of the chain theatres. The protection to afforded the chain theatres is frequently expressed therein. "He produces an analogy to explain the terms on which they do business: "Let me assume, therefore, that A, a dealer in men's clothing, should apply to the several clothing manufacturers for a stock of specified models of suits and overcoats and receive the following reply, not from one, but from all: 'You may have our line of suits and overcoats but we have no samples or descriptive matter and you must agree to take all of the garments of whatever design we see fit to make during an entire year. Not only must you take all of our suits and overcoats but all of our shirts, neckties and collars as well. Also, you must buy all of your advertising accessories from us. We have or may have a store of our own in the same town with you and you will be permitted to offer our styles to the public from 30 to 365 days after they have been introduced in our store. We can not tell you just what you will have to pay for our products as we reserve the right to base the price on a percentage of the total receipts of your store. Of course, you will have to guarantee us a minimum price, as we are willing to share your profits but not your losses. We reserve the right to designate the particular day or days of the week on which you may sell certain models and we will regulate the prices charged so as to protect our store against your competition. Some models may be reserved for our store exclusively. If we decide to expand in your territory, or someone comes in that we like better than we like you, we will take the line away from you altogether. It is only fair to warn you that with returning prosperity and a cheap money market, we contemplate increasing our retail outlets very materially in the near future. 'This may sound fantastic but it illustrates exactly the conditions under which independent exhibitors are forced to do business at the present time. "Commends the attitude of Attorney General Cummings in the prosecution of the Warner Case in St. Louis, and his deputy, Russell Hardy - but since that case Hardy has been superseded by Paul Williams, "who appears to be deaf to the appeals of the complaining exhibitors." Notes that "Chain depredations are most flagrant" in the South and that "there are indications that the complaints of independent exhibitors are forwarded to the legal representative of the Big Eight for comment".


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HomePoliticsNancy Pelosi's husband attacked by man with hammer; suspect shouted, 'Where's Nancy?': Sources
Nancy Pelosi's husband attacked by man with hammer; suspect shouted, 'Where's Nancy?': Sources
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(SAN FRANCISCO) — Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was "violently assaulted" by a man who broke into his San Francisco home early Friday, according to her spokesperson.
The suspect, 42-year-old David Depape, attacked Paul Pelosi with a hammer when officers responded to a priority well-being check at 2:27 a.m. local time, San Francisco police said. Officers tackled the suspect and disarmed him, police said.
Paul Pelosi, 82, is in the hospital and "is expected to make a full recovery," the speaker's spokesperson, Drew Hammill, said in a statement. But two sources familiar with the matter told ABC News his injuries are "significant."
Depape allegedly entered the house through a sliding glass door, law enforcement sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. The suspect shouted "Where's Nancy?" before allegedly striking Paul Pelosi, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
Nancy Pelosi was in Washington, D.C., with her protective detail at the time, according to the Capitol Police.
Depape, who was hospitalized with injuries, will be booked on charges including attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, burglary and elderly abuse, police said.
The motive is under investigation, Hammill said.
The Capitol Police, FBI and San Francisco Police Department are all involved in the investigation. The San Francisco District Attorney's Office said the case will be handled locally. Charges are forthcoming but have not yet been filed, the district attorney's office said.
"The Speaker and her family are grateful to the first responders and medical professionals involved, and request privacy at this time," Hammill added.
President Joe Biden spoke with Nancy Pelosi Friday morning "to express his support after this horrible attack," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a statement, "What happened to Paul Pelosi was a dastardly act. I spoke with Speaker Pelosi earlier this morning and conveyed my deepest concern and heartfelt wishes to her husband and their family, and I wish him a speedy recovery."
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell tweeted that he's "horrified and disgusted" by the attack, adding, "Grateful to hear that Paul is on track to make a full recovery."
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The Secret History Of Aaron Burr And Alexander Hamilton Duel
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There are no second thoughts that the deadly Alexander Hamilton duel with Aaron Burr is hands down the most notorious and talk about duel in the history of United States.
The duel between the treasury secretary and Vide President to the State was the talk of the town for many decades to come and is still the case.
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Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton duel took place on a late summer afternoon on July 11 in the year of 1804 and resulted in the death of Alexander Hamilton the next day as he had gotten severely injured during the fight. Both Hamilton and Burr had been rivals for many years, and thus this led to many speculations about what happened, why it happened and how it happened.
There were many reasons, on a part of both men that were credited to this duel that took the life of Hamilton.
But as it is said, everything that is heard is not to be believed.
This article will offer you a complete insight into an account of the incident. You will understand then what led to this incident and what followed.
Why Is The Alexander Hamilton Duel So Famous?
The duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr is famous for many reasons:
Aaron Burr And Alexander Hamilton Duel
1. It was melodramatic; it was historic for the American history, and it was deadly.
2. It took the life of Alexander Hamilton at a young age, just mid-way of his career. Since this duel has been talked about a lot in history, this makes it very falsely reported as well.
3. There have been many discussions about what led two politically powerful, educated and accomplished men fight crazily in a middle of town. It is weird that though duels were very famous in America at that time and prior to that particular era, only the duel between Hamilton and Burr made it down into several pages of history.
4. The result of this duel was kind at all. Hamilton died in a case of clear murder and Burr fled, destroying his political career and reputation that had taken him years to build.
When Did The Alexander Hamilton Duel Happen?
The Alexander Hamilton duel took place on a lazy summer afternoon of July in the year 1804. This was when both men had agreed to meet to clear out their political differences but things did not go as planned or intended.
Both men were armed, and both took out their pistols.
Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton duel in Weehawken, New Jersey
Though Alexander Hamilton was the Secretary of treasury and Burr was the Vice President of America, yet Hamilton always had a more important and valued political position in comparison to the latter. Hamilton was favored over Burr by Jefferson who the President of United States at the time and this angered Burr.
More so, Burr was defeated by the father-in-law of Hamilton in the re-elections for the seat of the senator. Burr led to believe that Hamilton was the one who turned everyone against him. He had always blamed Hamilton to turn the cards on him, ever since their early law practicing days.
These were the core reasons that led to the both men engage in a deadly duel in July of 1804. What came out of the duel is secret to nobody.
Alexander Hamilton death was the unfortunate outcome of this event.
Reason Behind Alexander Hamilton Duels With Aaron Burr
There is not one, but two possible reasons behind the Alexander Hamilton duel with Aaron Burr.
The two possible reasons for the duel include the re-elections that left Burr defeated and the second reason was the insult Burr suffered on a professional level.
Aaron Burr blamed everything on Hamilton and wanted to get some answers. Hamilton, on the other hand, felt that Burr was acting very stupidly and cowardly. Burr was unable to digest his failure and wanted to blame it on someone else.
The rivalry between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton had always persisted ever since their early law days. This rivalry grew for fifteen years and turned into the political rivalry.
Burr ran for the presidency and lost to Jefferson.
He stood for elections against General Phillips Schuyler, who was the father-n-law of Hamilton and lost again.
Burr blamed all this on Hamilton's interference.
Moreover, Hamilton had passed some insulting remarks about Burr publically which were printed in the newspaper. Burr confronted Hamilton with proof of the newspaper clippings. Hamilton's resistance and arrogance despite Burr's attempts to learn out things with him further angered Burr.
The last blow was when despite his efforts, Burr lost the public elections to General Phillip. General was family to Hamilton and Burr was sure that Hamilton had interfered and caused damage to his reputation. Burr was unable to cope with this damage to his reputation and resulted in public humiliation.
These are a few reasons that are viewed as an underlying cause for Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton duel.
Motive Of Aaron Burr
Even in the modern world today, whenever there is a fight or case of murder, one of the basic things that are talked about and brought into focus is the motive of the murderer.
Although Aaron Burr did not intentionally kill Hamilton, he is still the man who murdered a political hero. Burr had to face the resulting consequences as well.
So what was the motive of Aaron Burr that drove him into doing something so crazy? Did he really want to kill his opponent?
The answer might surprise you.
The answer is no; he did not intend to kill Alexander Hamilton.
Political and professional rivalry though was great between the two famous men, but it had never reached a point where either one would have wanted to kill the other one.
Historians have discussed the possibility of the fact that if only Hamilton had actually sat down to discuss and clear out his difference with Burr, this deadly duel might never have happened at all.
But then Alas, what is destined to happen can never be reversed.
The motive of Burr throughout the series of event that led to this duel was only to confront Hamilton to clear out the doubts he had in his mind.
Was he blaming Hamilton for his failures and the damage his reputation was suffering?
He had through many sources found out that Alexander Hamilton was involved in defaming him and cutting off his links which would help him to go forward in his political career. He had proof that not only was Hamilton meddling with the political decisions that were being taken but was also publically trashing the reputation of Burr. Aaron Burr believed that Hamilton was only acting on enmity that had brewed between both men ever since their early professional days when they practiced law in New York.
However since things turned out to be rather unfortunate and Hamilton died, people were quick to dub Burr as the villain and the 'bad guy' whereas reality could be entirely different if things were seen from a broader perspective.
Consequences Burr Had To Face Post-Duel
The duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton was deadly and a much unfortunate event of life. It resulted in the untimely and early death of Hamilton at the hands of Burr.
This is a life event which is always mentioned in the Alexander Hamilton biography, but there are many who also question the life and circumstances of Burr post the duel.
Aaron Burr always had a controversial life, and it became even more so after he was accused of murdering the treasury secretary or America. The last straw to his reputation was when Burr decided to flee rather than stay and take responsibility for his action. As Vice President of America, he did not even try to clear the dust off his actions.
His political came to an end with the death of Hamilton in 1804.
Aaron Burr was found in Mexico sometimes later with a group of men. The government officials immediately assumed that he was plotting another 'murderous act' and Burr was charged with the trial.
To escape the increasing pressure of acquisitions, blames and his dreadful fate, Burr decided to leave the country for good.
He went to Europe for in 1807, three years after the death of Hamilton and remained in Europe for almost 6 years.
This was the punishment he had decided for himself.
During his stay in Europe, he remarried, but the marriage did not last for long. Saddened by the twists and turns of his life, Burr gave up on the self-exile he had chosen for himself and returned to his own country; America.
Aaron Burr died on Staten Island in the village of Port Richmond in 1836
This time around he did not try his luck with politics (much to his despair) and began formally practicing law once more time. The difference was simple; this time, he was solely dedicated to law.
Unluckily, his reputation had been badly damaged up to this point which brought him very little success in law.
Thirty-two years after the Alexander Hamilton duel and after over three decades full of struggles, ill-fate, controversies, and hardships, Aaron Burr died on in September of 1836.
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I say "Pride" into my remote, and Xfinity tries very hard to engage or even grab me.
The screen displays five tiles: L, G, B, T, and Q. Click on a tile, you find a great many selections, some quite satisfying. It would be a shame to let this queer moment pass in the blink of an eye.
I came up with some interesting stuff. Generally, Xfinity hands you over to a third-party app, such as YouTube, Amazon or even Tubi. But you can drill down and down for music, movies, TV series, podcasts, etc.
Somehow, I found "I Am Not Your Negro" (2016, Netflix, Amazon Prime). The incomparable James Baldwin is by turns elegiac and then furious in this documentary. He wrote the manuscript that became this film, and he wants people to know about oppression, how its corrosiveness seeps into every part of life, and the toll it takes daily.
There is some amazing spliced-in movie footage not seen since the '30s and '40s. We see Baldwin lecturing at Harvard and debating a Yale professor on the very existence of discrimination on "The Dick Cavett Show." He is unequivocal when he says "I did not become a Black Panther nor join the Nation of Islam, because I did not believe all white people were devils."
"Aimee and Jaguar" (1999, Netflix, in German with subtitles) is a true love/hard love story. Two wildly improbable lovers seal a bond in Berlin during World War II.
Lily Wurst, soon to be Aimee, has done her duty to the Fatherland by birthing four sons. She is the wife of a decorated officer, and she dates high German officers while her husband is away at the Eastern front. Suddenly, a young woman named Felice is brought into her life by the vagaries of war. The hopelessly smitten Aimee: "All I had in mind was Felice and her wonderful perfume."
Much later, Lily learns that Felice is Jewish. Lily nearly turns her out. But they can't do without each other. They stay together day and night.
When they return from a lakeside bathing trip, the Gestapo is waiting. Deadly unpleasant. Felice (Jaguar) tries to bolt, but she is caught. Lily goes to Gestapo headquarters the next morning and asks after her woman, sealing Felice's fate.
We see Lily in wartime and then in 1999. She still holds the memories of the two of them as the best life ever offered, and apparently has had no lovers since.
"The Watermelon Woman" (1996, Showtime) put Black lesbian filmmaker Cheryl Dunye on the map. Some great storytelling about a 1940s Black actress and what her life, including racist challenges, was about (warning: Cheryl says, "She isn't real. I made her up." Some people insist(ed) that they've heard of or actually seen the Watermelon Woman).
"Check It" (2016, Tubi) tells the story of a group of D.C. trans teens from the streets who've banded together for protection and family. They played this film at our Out on Film festival a few years back.
"The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson" (2017, Netflix) should be seen by every queer and all allies, so that life in the cold days can make us appreciate our current times and places, even the darker ones. Coming Out: The LGBT Cultural Revolution before Stonewall is another important bit of history swirling.
"First Dates: The Most Awkward, Adorable and Funny Moments" (2019, UK, clips are on YouTube) includes an Asian lesbian, looking comfortably butch, on a date with a femme in a posh London restaurant. The butch lesbian's companion explains why she recently had a relationship with a man. Why go there? "It was totally on the rebound! I …."
"So, you fell backwards onto a dick?"
In the same restaurant, there's a transgender woman on a first date with a cisgender man. She states her truth, and his toothy grin widens.
It's a relatively modest film. Some of the accents are awfully thick, but I certainly loved the dyke who complained, "I don't know. You go out on one date, and they want you to go to Ikea with them, to move in together!" (This is apparently a transnational phenomenon … just saying).
The "Queer" tile also serves up some other great stuff, including "Screaming Queens: The Compton's Cafeteria Riot" (2007, Netflix, Amazon Prime), a documentary covering the riot and what led to it (you can read my column detailing the life of the riot and its aftermath online).
The "gay" tile has a few interesting choices. I just had to see "The Celluloid Closet" again. Worth the $3.95 rental. There's also a documentary on Vito Russo (who wrote "The Celluloid Closet"). The splashy Hollywood and Hollywood-ish movies are all here: "Frida," "Victor/Victoria," "Blue is the Warmest Color," "As Good as It Gets," "Brokeback Mountain," "The Hours," etc.
"The Bold Type" (2017, FreeForm) may be dismissed as a trio of gal pals who are a lower-rent "Sex and the City," but one important difference involves the fact that the character Kat is Black, and she begins a relationship with Adena, an out and proud Muslim lesbian artist. They split up, but Kat formally comes out and gets with other women. Two dykes on one show! Imagine.
"Chavela" (2017) is a documovie about the life of Chavela Vargas (1919–2012) She was a tequila-drinking, gender nonconforming person who had more lovers than Carter's has pills. There are home movies here (unseen until now) of her with Frida Kahlo at Frida's home, Casa Azul. As an ex of hers says, Chavela "was much more than a great love. So much more. She was a vital experience that transcended everything." Good enough epitaph for anyone, no?
"Feel Good" (2020–2021) TV series follows the careening life of Mae, a Canadian comedian now relocated to England, her anemic career, her brand-new British girlfriend, and her crazy parents.
"In Now You Know: The History of LGBTQ" (2019, Ellentube), Wanda Sykes breezily presents Queer History in five cartoon minutes. There's an ahistoric moment, but I did not know about August 31, 1512, in Florence. Apparently, it was the very first Pride march. Who knew?
"Pretend It's a City" (2021, Netflix) a fun New York series with the one and only Fran Lebowitz dishing to beat someone's band. Love me some of this quintessentially acerbic New Yorker. And yes, a lesbian. In uniform.
"All hail Pose" (2019–2021, FX). The first 20 episodes are on Netflix. I revisit from time to time season 2, episode 6 (2019), where Billy! Fucking! Porter! sings what Judy Garland immortalized with 24–carat heartache: "There's nothing sadder than a one man woman, looking for the man that got away."
Billy rips the song to pieces and queerly stuffs it back together: "A one man man, looking for the man that got away." He performs this in a hospital AIDS ward, and his audience consists of men we saw early on in the AIDS epidemic, bruised and broken, somehow clinging to life. The men gratefully accept his love offering (and Porter absolutely rocks that silver lame, long-tailed, forever tux).
"In P.R.I.D.E. — a Very Gay Documentary" (2019) you get to see and hear Marsha and Sylvia recounting Stonewall and making a place for themselves as "T" people. It includes gag-inducing moments from "documentaries" made by established news entities of the early/mid-'60s. And then there's Harvey Milk. And Harvey's assassination and the night of the protest riot. Clinton and DADT, plus the unbelievable "Defense of Marriage" Act. The Stonewall 25 march (I proudly attended). Ellen's coming out. Matthew Shepard and Ellen speaking for him. Lawrence v. Texas, leading (eventually) to same-sex marriage. And then the stats re: the realities, officially and not, in other countries, vis a vis queer life.
In episode one of "Sense8" (2015–18, Netflix) you meet Freema Agyeman (best known from Doctor Who) as Amanita and her trans girlfriend Nomi (Jamie Clayton) as they fuck each other's brains out, strapped and all. And as fearless computer lionesses, they are central to much of the ensuing action.
"Star Trek: Discovery" (2017, Paramount+) has a gay male couple, one of whom is the gorgeous Wilson Cruz. There are trans-galactic, trans-species, and trans-shipboard conflicts, but the two men try to get back to each other — despite Cruz's character having been murdered and somehow revived.
"Station 19" (2018–, ABC) includes lesbians, gays, and hets living, loving, firefighting, and dealing with patriarchal/racist crap. One recent episode had a quartet of trans women who needed saving — and the burly Black queen who's a volunteer firefighter carries her sister out of the burning building. Yes, please.
FX has a created number of entertaining, historic, and useful vids, but their piece de resistance is the six-episode "FX PRIDE Docuseries." It presents six different decades (1950s–2000s) crafted by six different queer filmmakers. This stuff is by turns riveting, exhausting, elating, enraging. They impart knowledge and bodies and theory and historic perspectives, which bring us to the present day.
Other local Pride content worth checking out includes the ZAMI NOBLA podcast, Marci and Ginger's Meak Productions, Inc. podcast, and videos, online stories, and podcasts from the Counter Narrative Project.
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Song of the Week – Suavecito, Malo
May 23, 2020 by Tom Muscarella
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"Suavecito." It was a top 20 hit on Billboard in 1972 and was off the debut album by the San Francisco based Malo. The band was made up of Abel Zarate, Pablo Tellez, Arcelio Garcia, Richard Spremich, Richard Kermode, Luis Gasca, Roy Murray, and Jorge Santana, the brother of guitarist Carlos Santana, Richard Bean guested on the lead vocal for "Suavecito."
Wikipedia claims "Suavecito" (Spanish for "smooth") has been adopted as "The Chicano National Anthem."
The song was written by Bean, Zarate and Tellez. Bean wrote the lyrics in the form of a poem. He has told the story that the song is about "this girl in algebra class I had a crush on. I was in love. Maybe puppy love. I hated algebra."
He claims his former classmate, at San Francisco's Mission High School, still has no idea he wrote the lyrics for her.
Fun fact: Bean's great grandfather was Judge Roy Bean, who, according to legend, earned the reputation as a "hanging judge" in Texas jurisdiction.
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Gene McCaffrey says:
Perfect tune for this time of year. It always reminds me of early summer, hot weather and cool drinks. As I remember, in New York it charted higher that Top 20. Thanks. Tom.
Tom Muscarella says:
You're right, Gene. It reached #12 on the WABC survey the week of May 9, 1972.
https://www.musicradio77.com/Surveys/1972/surveymay972.html
In a wierd coincidence, I just learned Jorge Santana, mentioned in this post, died on May 19th; just a few days before I posted about "Suavecito." I had no idea when I decided to make it the SotW.
https://www.npr.org/sections/altlatino/2020/05/19/857397725/jorge-santana-malo-guitarist-and-latin-rock-maestro-dead-at-68


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She creates performances in public spaces, works in arts galleries, and collaborates with with other artists. Her work concerns community and culture, and brings people together to share positive physical experiences.
At present she works as an independent choreographer and as dance development, in the field of mental health for Hoot Creative Arts in Huddersfield. She also teaches regualr yoga classes at the yoga Space in Leeds.


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Woman shot, killed by Charlotte officer, no charges expected
By WBTV Web Staff
Published: Feb. 19, 2015 at 2:42 AM EST|Updated: Mar. 21, 2015 at 1:42 AM EDT
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - A police officer who shot and killed a woman in northeast Charlotte on Wednesday night is not expected to face charges, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Rodney Monroe.
Police say officer Anthony Holzhauer shot 20-year-old Janisha Fonville twice after she charged at the officer with a knife.
Police say they have responded to her home multiple times in the past. They say that four days ago Fonville stabbed her girlfriend.
According to the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's office, Fonville was arrested in July 2012 for failing to appear in court on a resisting arrest charge.
In a press conference Thursday morning, Monroe said that after a preliminary investigation he does not anticipate charges against Holzhauer. He said the police department is turning the case over to the district attorney's office.
Officers responded to a call for a domestic dispute between two women at an apartment in the 2700 block of Bellafonte Drive shortly after 9 p.m. Wednesday.
Monroe says the officers met the 911 caller, a woman whose identity has not been released, outside of the building. She told them the other woman involved in the dispute, later identified as Fonville, was inside the apartment with a knife.
Charlotte police released that 911 call to the media Thursday afternoon, but the call was heavily edited to take out names and identifiers.
"Well I guess, I think her and her girlfriend fell out and got into a fight," the caller told the 911 operator. "Yeah - I think they was fighting."
Officers approached Fonville, who they say was armed with a knife. That's when officers say they asked Fonville to drop the knife several times but she refused and lunged at them with the knife.
"At some point the victim went into a low crouching position arm extended moving toward the officer. Two shots were fired by the officer. We believe one of those rounds actually struck victim's hand and the knife," Monroe said.
Police say Fonville was struck in the hand and near her shoulder. Monroe also said after the shooting, Officer Anthony Holzhauer ran outside to his police car for his medical kit, then ran back in and performed CPR on the victim.
Fonville was taken to Carolinas Medical Center where she was pronounced dead.
According to Monroe, Holzhauer was taken to the hospital but was not injured. He described him as being "shaken." Holzhauer will have to meet with a counselor for a fit-for-duty evaluation before going back on active duty.
"We know of one witness that actually witnessed the shooting inside the apartment. We interviewed her," Monroe said. Monroe said there were two officers, three women and a baby inside the apartment at the time of the shooting.
Per standard procedure with any officer-involved shooting, Holzhauer was placed on administrative leave until a full investigation is complete. Holzhauer has been an officer with CMPD since January 25, 2010.
Neighbors and others are upset by Fonville's death and are asking why the officer didn't use a stun gun.
"You could have shot her in the leg... something that's going to make her stop charging, coming towards you. You could have shot her leg, that's no attempt to kill," Sharonda Poe said.
"She had a weapon but that doesn't give you a reason to kill her. She didn't have a gun. There's no reason to kill that baby so now somebody else's child is gone at your hands, really and you're okay with this. We're not," said William Adams of Team Trublue.
They said they also have lots of questions about Holzhauer's training and background.
CMPD said all officers are required to go through annual firearm simulator training. Officers see different scenarios presented on a screen and must decide what to do. CMPD says a knife is a deadly weapon and bullet-proof vests don't stop them.
WBTV has learned Holzhauer has been involved in two other officer-related shootings as a CMPD officer, including another deadly incident.
In July 2012, Holzhauer was involved in a shooting that killed 28-year-old Michael Laney. Laney was wanted for questioning in connection to a robbery.
Police say when officers approached Laney, he reached for a gun. According the district attorney, Holzhauer fired one shot, killing Laney. Under North Carolina law, the use of deadly force was justified. Holzhauer did not face any charges in the shooting.
Holzhauer was also placed on administrative leave after an officer-involved shoot-out in 2013.
Holzhauer and another officer approached three people in a parked car on N. Tryon Street who were reportedly loading guns. The three inside the car shot at the officers, who shot back. No one was injured in the shoot-out and the three suspects were arrested.
Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at 704-432-TIPS or Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.


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Power 4 Puerto Rico, a national coalition of stateside Puerto Ricans that advocate for federal policies and legislation centered around the island's recovery and economic growth, sent a letter to Biden on Wednesday, expressing their "deep disappointment" with his task force.
According to a copy of the letter obtained by NBC News, the coalition said that while they are pleased with the efforts to reinstate a "working group that is meaningfully empowered to coordinate Puerto Rico federal policy," the group is still dissatisfied with the ignorance of one of the two major "structural barriers" to the island's prosperity.
The underlying structural barrier highlighted in the letter is the 123 years of U.S colonialism.
NOTE: In our letter to @POTUS, we reminded that addressing the island's political relationship with the U.S. continues to be the stated primary mission of the [@WhiteHouse] task force on #PuertoRico, per Executive Order 13517 -- which is still in effect. https://t.co/OqVdka5eFz
— Power4PuertoRico (@Pwr4PuertoRico) August 26, 2021
Last month, Biden reestablished a White House Puerto Rico task force to further develop efforts to rebuild the U.S territory in the wake of Hurricane Maria and Irma in 2017, as well as last year's earthquakes and the COVID-19 pandemic.
During their first meeting, held on July 20, Biden's cabinet and four deputy agent secretaries established their top priority as investing in PR's long-term "resilience" and infrastructure to make sure that communities can tolerate and combat future natural disasters.
In the letter, Power 4 Puerto Rico cited a column that Biden penned for the Orlando Sentinel in December 2019 in which he vowed to "engage Puerto Ricans — including representatives of every status option — in a process of self-determination, listening and developing federal legislation that outlines a fair path forward."
In his column, Biden promised to boost the minimum wage to $15 an hour, fight for unions and worker's rights, preserve pensions and public services, protect Obamacare, expand access to Medicaid, address the threat of climate change and more.
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On Thursday August 26, a White House spokesperson sent an email to NBC News, stating that the task force was created to "provide Puerto Rico the resources and technical assistance it needs to recover and prosper."
Power 4 Puerto Rico recently rallied in support of the Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act of 2021, a bill introduced by New York Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Nydia Velázquez, intended to create a "status convention," to construct long-term solutions for the island's territorial status, with independence at the forefront.
After over one hundred years of colonial rule, Puerto Ricans would have a mechanism to determine their own future.
This bill introduced just now would provide a democratic option by giving the Puerto Rican people a chance to make their voices heard in two open elections. pic.twitter.com/kJI7WjISZo
— Rep. Nydia Velazquez (@NydiaVelazquez) March 18, 2021
Last month, Gretchen Sierra-Zorita, the White House associate director for Puerto Rico and the territories, told NBC News that the newly formed task force does not have jurisdiction on status, but it does have jurisdiction concerning the "billions of dollars that have gone to the island."
The federal government has distributed over $69 billion in recovery funds to the island, but communities have only received close to $21 billion, according to the Office of Recovery, Reconstruction and Resiliency.
Most of these funds have been allocated to the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the departments of Education and Housing and Urban Development.
"The students of Puerto Rico have suffered enough," said U.S. Education Sec. Cardona, announcing that the territory will receive nearly $4B in federal education pandemic relief funds. "It's time to get back to school safely and quickly." https://t.co/LKxsQCHyGw
— NBC Latino (@NBCLatino) June 29, 2021
Rather than becoming stymied by the status debate, Sierra-Zorita said that the task force intends to spend their time and energy on "doing it right" and focusing on economic development, education, and workforce development and recovery.
"Modern-day colonialism is a stain on the United States. One that cannot be erased, much less ignored," the letter reads.
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New awards have been announced to recognise innovation and talent in the construction sector.
The Digital Construction Awards have been set up by Digital Construction Week to celebrate the most pioneering projects, teams and individuals championing innovation and technology in the built environment across nine categories.
Categories will be judged by a panel of acknowledged industry leaders, representing a wide spectrum of disciplines and expertise from across the AECO industries.
Judging takes place in two stages: shortlist and selection. Shortlisted entrants will be invited to a central London location to present their entry to the judging panel. The winning finalists will then be selected and announced on the night of the awards.
Judges are: Sir Mark Walport, chief executive of UK Research and Innovation; Mark Farmer, CEO of Cast and author of Modernise or Die; Alex Lubbock, head of digital construction, Infrastructure Projects Authority; Andrew Pryke, managing director, BAM Design; Anne Kemp, chair, UK BIM Alliance; David Philp, Digital Built Britain; Elizabeth Kavanagh, head of HR, research & innovation, Stride Treglown; Neil Thompson, CEO, dotBuiltEnvironment; Maggie Brown, innovation manager, EDF Energy NNB; Stephen Radley, director of policy and strategic planning, CITB; Denise Chevin, editor, Bimplus.co.uk; Stephen Good, CEO, Construction Scotland Innovation Centre.


LeLoir glycosyltransferases are important biocatalysts for the production of glycosidic bonds in natural products, chiral building blocks, and pharmaceuticals. Trehalose transferase (TreT) is of particular interest since it catalyzes the stereo- and enantioselective α,α-(1→1) coupling of a nucleotide sugar donor and monosaccharide acceptor for the synthesis of disaccharide derivatives. Heterologously expressed thermophilic trehalose transferases were found to be intrinsically aggregation prone and are mainly expressed as catalytically active inclusion bodies in Escherichia coli. To disfavor protein aggregation, the thermostable protein mCherry was explored as a fluorescent protein tag. The fusion of mCherry to trehalose transferase from Pyrobaculum yellowstonensis (PyTreT) demonstrated increased protein solubility. Chaotropic agents like guanidine or the divalent cations Mn(II), Ca(II), and Mg(II) enhanced the enzyme activity of the fusion protein. The thermodynamic equilibrium constant, Keq, for the reversible synthesis of trehalose from glucose and a nucleotide sugar was determined in both the synthesis and hydrolysis directions utilizing UDP-glucose and ADP-glucose, respectively. UDP-glucose was shown to achieve higher conversions than ADP-glucose, highlighting the importance of the choice of nucleotide sugars for LeLoir glycosyltransferases under thermodynamic control.
IMPORTANCE The heterologous expression of proteins in Escherichia coli is of great relevance for their functional and structural characterization and applications. However, the formation of insoluble inclusion bodies is observed in approximately 70% of all cases, and the subsequent effects can range from reduced soluble protein yields to a complete failure of the expression system. Here, we present an efficient methodology for the production and analysis of a thermostable, aggregation-prone trehalose transferase (TreT) from Pyrobaculum yellowstonensis via its fusion with mCherry as a thermostable fluorescent protein tag. This fusion strategy allowed for increased enzyme stability and solubility and could be applied to other (thermostable) proteins, allowing rapid visualization and quantification of the mCherry-fused protein of interest. Finally, we have demonstrated that the enzymatic synthesis of trehalose from glucose and a nucleotide sugar is reversible by approaching the thermodynamic equilibrium in both the synthesis and hydrolysis directions. Our results show that uridine establishes an equilibrium constant which is more in favor of the product trehalose than when adenosine is employed as the nucleotide under identical conditions. The influence of different nucleotides on the reaction can be generalized for all LeLoir glycosyltransferases under thermodynamic control as the position of the equilibrium depends solely on the reaction conditions and is not affected by the nature of the catalyst.
Supplemental material for this article may be found at https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.03084-18.


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Pierce man to spend 18 years in prison after pleading guilty in car kidnapping
Jeremy Wortman.
A 29-year-old Pierce man was sentenced this past week to 18 years in prison for holding a woman in his car against her will, driving recklessly and crashing.
Jeremy Wortman, 29, pleaded guilty to first-degree attempted kidnapping as an act of domestic violence, according to a news release from the Weld District Attorney's Office.
On Feb. 27, Wortman met with a woman to discuss parenting and custody issues regarding their young child in the parking lot of Outriders Bar and Grill, 5750 10th St. The woman is not being named because she is a victim of domestic violence. After she entered Wortman's vehicle, he drove off against her will, the release states.
As Wortman drove around Weld County, the victim tried making a secret 911 call from her cell phone. Wortman threatened to kill her several times, and she could be heard begging for her life on the recording, according to the release. While driving, Wortman crashed, crossed four lanes of traffic and blew out a tire.
When he checked on the vehicle's damage, the woman began secretly recording the rest of the incident. Wortman continued driving recklessly, shredding all of the rubber from the damaged tire and driving on the metal rim.
People began calling 911 to report Wortman running red lights as sparks flew from his vehicle. Witnesses also noted the woman attempted to open the door and jump from the moving vehicle.
The woman's friends and family were able to relay information to dispatchers thanks to secret texts she sent to her friend and father, according to the release. That information helped law enforcement find the two and arrest Wortman.
Deputy District Attorney Andrew Rogers prosecuted Wortman.


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Lehmann produced the "UHU Amphibian Auto" from 1907 to 1938 and was designated EPL 555. It was modeled after an odd rocket-shaped electric car that had set a world land speed record at the time. Lehmann added fins to the wheels to simulate an amphibious vehicle and recorded on the hood the places the car had traveled: Berlin, Paris, Liverpool, New York, etc. Upon a winding the car moves forward nicely on land as the driver moves in realistic fashion, but these tin windups are not waterproof and were never intended to get wet. They have a celluloid windshield with lanterns on each side, and the driver in period attire has a real cloth jacket.
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A Vegan Vision for Unifying All Faiths and Secular Belief Systems
By Sailesh_Rao | September 22, 2012 | Categories Animal Products and Culture
Signatories of the Durban Addendum including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Ela Gandhi (the granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi), Bishop Geoff Davies, Sheikh Saleem Banda, Cardinal Napier, Rabbi Hillel Avidan. photo courtesy of Sailesh Rao
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure." Nelson Mandela.
Have you noticed how just one man used the internet and social media to hijack the peace, divide people across religious lines and cause conflagrations in the Muslim world? People are dying as a result and the majority seems powerless to stop such incidents from flaring again.
Have you also noticed how almost everyone in a public space seem to be busy swiping their fingers over their smartphones and are oblivious to their neighbors around them? Most people are disconnected to each other and to creation due to our increased digital connectivity and as an individual, I've felt powerless to do anything about it. Unfortunately, the more disconnected we are, the easier it becomes for an amateur video maker to divide us up and disturb the peace.
When my colleagues and I were working on the hardware infrastructure of the internet at the Ethernet standards committee in the nineties, we were mainly motivated by altruistic notions of how increased connectivity could lead to a better world. But that same increased connectivity that gave us the Tahrir square movement also gave us the Benghazi killings and the smartphone zombies. Tahrir square was an example of digital connectivity in social networks leading to concerted physical action in the real world, creating a virtuous feedback loop that snowballed into a movement. In February, I had lunch with Geoff Thompson, the head of the Ethernet standards committee during my times there and I asked him what we should do about this conundrum. His sage advice was that we have to figure out how we can truly achieve what we really set out to do – increased connectivity among people – by understanding how to trigger more uniting events such as Tahrir square, but in more diverse pursuits besides the toppling of dictators.
Last Monday, His Holiness the Dalai Lama told his 4 million Facebook friends,
"All the world's major religions with their emphasis on love, compassion, patience, tolerance and forgiveness can and do promote inner values. But the reality of the world today is that grounding ethics in religion is no longer adequate. This is why I am increasingly convinced that the time has come to find a way of thinking about spirituality and ethics beyond religion altogether."
He used the analogy of tea and water, with water being a secular ethic, say compassion, while tea is a religion that espouses it. He said,
"But however the tea is prepared, the primary ingredient is always water. While we can live without tea, we can't live without water. Likewise, we are born free of religion, but we are not born free of the need for compassion."
His words must have been music to the ears of my atheist and agnostic friends, many of whom abandoned their religions of birth after becoming disenchanted with some of the ingredients in the tea they were taught to brew. Our youth, in particular, have become especially disenchanted with organized religion as they are savvy enough to see through the questionable ingredients in the brew.
Now imagine that a significant secular ethic, such as compassion, can be used to unite atheists, agnostics, secular humanists and adherents of all the religions of the world in a major common cause of pressing concern, such as the healing of the planet's ecosystems and climate. This unity can be strengthened in a virtuous feedback loop, Tahrir square style, if it included concerted action, such as the adoption of veganism. When people the world over are doing things together concertedly, unitedly and not merely talking about unity, it would make it very difficult for a crank to sow dissension with just an online video.
While compassion is a qualitative emotion or feeling, a state of being, veganism is a concrete action step that exemplifies that quality, a state of doing. Consistent with the environment in their formative era, some religions drew the line at pork, some drew the line at meat, and some drew the line at mixing milk and meat, but it is time to take a concerted step further, to modernize our tea recipes based on the world we find ourselves in today. When half the world's forests have been destroyed and three-quarters of its ocean fisheries have been overfished and destroyed, mainly to accommodate our eating habits, with half that destruction occurring in the last 50 years alone in an exponentially growing feeding frenzy, it is high time that we take such a step together. Besides, veganism draws a line where no religion has done before, thereby making this act of renunciation meaningful for all the major religions of the world.
The stage for such unified action was set during the UN Climate Change conference, COP-17, in Durban, South Africa, last year, when 40 interfaith leaders and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, signed an Interfaith Declaration on Climate Change and presented it to Christiana Figueres, the Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the climate change body. Along with the declaration, the leaders signed a two sentence addendum, specifying concrete action. This Durban addendum reads as follows:
"While climate change is a symptom, the fever that our earth has contracted, the underlying disease is the disconnection from creation that plagues human societies throughout the earth. We, the undersigned, pledge to heal this disconnection by promoting and exemplifying compassion for all creation in all our actions."
Despite his wonderful words on compassion, his web site states that His Holiness the Dalai Lama is not vegan. He has said in the past that he eats meat for medical reasons and I wish that he wouldn't entrust his precious health to nutritional quacks. But wouldn't it be amazing if the Dalai Lama follows up his words with this concrete action and urges his Facebook friends to go Vegan as well? With signatories of the Durban Addendum such as Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Ela Gandhi (the granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi), Bishop Geoff Davies, Sheikh Saleem Banda, Cardinal Napier, Rabbi Hillel Avidan and others setting examples alongside, the world can truly begin to see the unity and healing that we desperately need.
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Sailesh Rao is the Executive Director of the US 501(c)3 non-profit corporation, Climate Healers (http://www.climatehealers.org/) and the author of "Carbon Dharma: The Occupation of Butterflies." An Electrical Engineer by training with a Ph.D. from Stanford University in Stanford, CA, Sailesh switched careers and became deeply immersed in the various environmental crises facing humanity after some life changing events and after he watched Vice President Al Gore's slide show on TV in 2005.
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Braquo creator Olivier Marchal is back on TV with Section Zéro, a new thriller that puts a sci-fi spin on his trademark brand of gritty crime drama. Michael Pickard finds out more from the show's producer Edouard de Vésinne.
Around the world, Olivier Marchal's name is synonymous with hard-hitting, gritty cop drama Braquo.
But in France, he's currently enhancing his reputation with his latest series Section Zéro, which takes his penchant for police-focused stories into the realm of sci-fi thriller.
Described as a dark, edgy and violent political drama, Section Zéro is set in a near future when multinational corporations are Europe's new leaders. One of the most powerful, Prométhée, wants to further secure its growing dominance by replacing the police force with a private militia, the Black Squad, led by Henry Munro (Pascal Greggory).
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But following the shooting of his daughter, idealistic law enforcement officer Sirius Becker (Ola Rapace) – with his life in shambles, his darkest secrets exposed and with nowhere to turn – aligns himself with old cop Franck Varnove (Tchéky Karyo).
Sirius takes charge of Franck's elite squad, known as Section Zéro, to battle the militias and bring about a return to traditional law enforcement.
Yet despite the genre trappings, producer Edouard de Vésinne says the Canal+ drama – which debuted on April 4 – is first and foremost an Olivier Marchal series. The auteur directed every episode and wrote the scripts alongside Laurent Guillaume.
"Olivier has a very important and specific place in the map of French talent and television," de Vésinne explains. "He's an ex-cop; he was a cop for about 10 years. Then he became an actor and, from there, he became a writer/director. Today, he is the master of cop movies and series in France. He only does police shows – and Braquo has been a worldwide hit.
"All this stems from his tough look on the world, which is very dark, violent, sexy and nervous, but with a soft heart for the characters and the actors. He's an actor's director and he has a childlike sensitivity that goes straight to the heart of the French public. They know he's sincere."
Braquo, which also airs on Canal+ and has run for four seasons, follows four Parisian detectives who blur the lines of the law to get the job done.
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"After Braquo, Olivier wanted to try a new series," de Vésinne says. "This is his first work that isn't specifically a police show – but there are still cops! Governments are bankrupt and corrupt and being taken over by corporations. The elite are hiding behind closed walls and, in the middle of this pandemonium, there is a group of ex-cops trying to create some resistance. That's where we find the values Olivier is always looking for: group spirit, fraternity and a kind of political view that resonates with the audience."
Produced by EuropaCorp Television, Bad Company and Umedia, Section Zéro was already in development at Canal+ when de Vésinne and his production partner Thomas Anargyros came on board. In fact, Marchal had already written the first three scripts when he approached the pair about bringing the series to life.
"He came to me, we didn't go to him," de Vésinne says. "We would never have gone to him with the expectation of a genre show. I'm not even sure how I would have reacted if he had come to me with the pitch. But he came to me with a full script and it was so full of emotion and incredible characters that, of course, we said yes. It was very ambitious. We didn't know how the hell we were going to finance it but the credit really goes to Canal+, which has followed and developed Olivier's ideas from the beginning on this series."
Canal+'s commitment to this urban western is the latest evidence of French broadcasters' new openness to creative ideas that may not have found traction several years ago. The pay TV giant has previous form with zombie drama Les Revenants, but is now being followed into genre series by its free-to-air rivals. Subsequently, these shows are now finding new audiences outside France, as evidenced by Les Revenants' worldwide success.
Section Zéro, a 'dark, edgy and violent political drama'
"When people say French broadcasters are shy and don't want to take risks, I say take a look at Section Zéro," de Vésinne says. "But it's not only Canal+. Even TF1 is doing genre. If you look at Le secret d'Élise (based on the UK series Marchlands, a ghost story set across three time periods), that has a supernatural twist you would never have seen in the last few years on TF1. France 2 is also taking risks with a show like Dix pour cent (about the agents of four actors hunting for the best roles for their clients). In the last couple of years a small revolution has been happening in French drama."
Marchal also sought to add international appeal to his latest drama – though it was never likely to be filmed in English.
De Vésinnes notes: "Olivier wanted a series that didn't look French at all – but he wanted it to be in French because that's how we can carry the emotion and the subtleties of his dialogue. It also means he can talk to the actors, which is very important to him. But apart from the language, he wanted nothing to be French. That's why we also have an international cast and why we shot outside France (in Sofia, Bulgaria)."
He adds that the production – which was completed in 90 days – faced both creative and financial challenges: "It's not what we usually do in France but we trusted Olivier with the creative aspects. And on the production side, though it is set in the future, there's a regression factor. This future is more about desolation than spaceships and expensive gadgets. So that made it more possible to do.
The show is set in a bleak near-future where corporations hold increased political power
"Olivier shoots television like cinema, with the same DOP, the same level of creative demand. He doesn't do compromises; he's not that kind of director. You don't coach him, you accompany him."
De Vésinnes pays tribute to Canal+, which he says has been incredibly supportive of the eight-part project – "creatively, personally, financially" – and is already developing a second season with Marchal. StudioCanal was also heavily involved as the international distributor.
But it's the visionary writer-director who he singles out for the most praise, adding that audience support for Section Zéro will encourage Marchal to take more creative risks in the future. Just don't expect him to create a series without police officers at its heart.
"Olivier will always have a special thing for cops," he adds. "There has to be cops – that's what he is and he always goes back to that. So far the audience has always followed him in spite of or thanks to his boldness, and we'll see if the audience stays with him on this series.
"That will give him more confidence for the future to go in new directions. Maybe he will think about something else. He's such an inspired man and a creative character that God knows where it could lead us next time."
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Is Netanyahu Careening Towards International Isolation?
by Yehuda Leibler
Left-wing organizations like Breaking the Silence have been controversial in Israel practically since the beginning of their existence. But this past week, they once again became the center of our attention when Germany's Foreign Minister, Sigmar Gabriel, scheduled meetings with the left-wing organization. This resulted in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presenting Gabriel with an ultimatum: either he cancel his meetings with BTS or Netanyahu will cancel his meeting with Gabriel. With Gabriel unwilling to change his plans, his meeting with Netanyahu never occurred.
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These recent events are not just random outbursts but a manifestation of a serious challenge facing the current Israeli government. While the current leadership undoubtedly despises these left wing organizations, a choice lies before them: the government could ignore them, could allow them to continue their work and not give them any extra attention, thereby marginalizing them. Or they could continue regularly lashing out at them and trying to aggressively silence them. But in doing so, they also give them more attention and make it seem more and more like Israel isn't in the business of working on its flaws. Often, Israel has been able to go about this with relatively few repercussions. But in this most recent case, Netanyahu chose the second approach, resulting in damage to Israel's relationship with Germany and possibly negatively impacting the support Israel has received from Chancellor Angela Merkel up until now.
We must remember that for Netanyahu, the question last week shouldn't have been whether or not he agrees with or supports the work of these left wing organizations, but rather what approach is in the best interest of Israel. Instead of weighing the pros and cons of each approach and choosing the logical course of action, it seems that he reacted in an irresponsible manor. Netanyahu was clearly shooting from the hip, taking a page out of Trump's book. And that is why at first glance it may look like he made a bold move that shows Israel's strength and ability to stand up for itself. But the more obvious conclusion is that his reaction was reckless and unproductive.
It was reckless because it risked Israel's foreign relations with Germany. While Netanyahu's supporters claim that the German Foreign Minister should have simply canceled his meetings with the groups, in no way was that the expected outcome of Netanyahu's harsh response. Firstly, because it wouldn't have looked good to Gabriel's constituency, and secondly, because to Gabriel, it wouldn't seem right to cancel his meetings with the "small harmless human rights groups" because of the demands of the "big bad government." Netanyahu's response was also unproductive in broadcasting the message he wanted; instead of coming off as a strong and tolerant country that is capable of containing the groups that critique it, Israel came across looking like a paranoid and unbalanced country that is scared of constructive criticism.
As for these groups themselves, I believe their situation is more complicated than often assumed. While it's easy to simply say "they are just human rights organizations" or "they are enemies of Israel", neither of these descriptions are fully accurate. If groups like Breaking the Silence and B'Tselem want to have a positive impact on Israel, they must change their approach and focus inwards on Israeli society. By doing so, they can attempt to prove their legitimacy and try to show that they indeed have Israel's best interests at heart. Their current efforts to broadcast Israel's problems abroad are harming Israel and limiting its chances of prospering. As for the current Israeli policy on this issue, there is unlikely a better alternative for Israel than ignoring these groups. All other measures simply make them look like victims and give them more ammunition to use against the state of Israel.
Netanyahu's failure wasn't that he doesn't support these groups, but rather that he broadcasted to the world that anyone who supports Israel, while not fully agreeing with all its policies or everything it does, is not welcome and is not valued. This combination of reckless leadership and organizations acting in harmful ways is a dangerous recipe that could lead to the international isolation of the State of Israel.
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How to Transition From One Room to Another Room When Installing Laminate Wood Flooring
Written by Chris Deziel; Updated December 09, 2018
1 Laying Down Laminate For Hallway to Bedroom Transition
2 How Do You Nail Hardwood Flooring in Hallways?
3 Install a Floor Transition Piece in a Doorway
4 Replace Existing Flooring
When you're installing a laminate floor, the issue of transitions arises when you have to change flooring in the middle of a doorway. The issue can be more or less complicated, depending on the type of flooring on the other side of the transition and its relative thickness in relation to the laminate flooring. In a best-case scenario, you simply run the laminate flooring straight through the doorway and avoid the transition altogether.
Running the Flooring Through a Doorway
When you're installing the same flooring on both sides of a doorway, you can treat the doorway as any obstacle, such as a cabinet, and notch around it by cutting the floor boards with a jigsaw. Laying the flooring under the jambs hides gaps between the edges of the floor and the door frame. To do this, you need to cut off the bottoms off the jambs with a handsaw. Moreover, you usually have to pull the jambs partially away from the framing to give you room to snap the flooring together and lay it flat.
Transitioning to a Different Laminate Floor
Making a transition to a different style of laminate flooring isn't much different than running one type of flooring through it, provided the floors in both rooms have the same thickness and locking mechanism. You simply change the boards in the middle of the doorway and continue the installation in the other room with the new flooring. The transition line looks best when it's under the closed door or lined up with the front edge. You have to trim the tongues and grooves off the boards in the doorway, so it's best to hide the joint with a transition strip called a T-strip.
Transitioning to Other Types of Flooring
When transitioning from laminate to another type of flooring, an important issue is the difference in thickness between them. Laminate flooring is thinner than most other flooring types, so you usually need a transition strip called a reducer to avoid leaving a toe-catching edge. Like a T-strip, a joint with a reducer strip looks best if it's in the middle of the doorway, but it should be on the side of the door that has the thinner floor covering, which is usually the laminate side. That way, it can slope away from the door rather than toward it.
Transition Strips
You can buy transition strips appropriate for a variety of situations from laminate flooring dealers, or you can make your own with a tablesaw and some scrap hardwood lumber. You need a reducer strip to transition from hardwood, tile or other thick materials to laminate, and T-molding to transition from materials that are the same thickness, such as carpet. You usually nail or glue transition strips to the subfloor, but some are part of a system that involves pre-installing a track by screwing it to the subfloor. When a track is involved, you need to leave a 1 1/8-inch transition gap.
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Deziel, Chris. "How to Transition From One Room to Another Room When Installing Laminate Wood Flooring." Home Guides | SF Gate, http://homeguides.sfgate.com/transition-one-room-another-room-installing-laminate-wood-flooring-52536.html. 09 December 2018.
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