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Let There Be Light
For 36 years, the people of La Presa, a dusty, sweltering colonia south of Laredo, have lived without electricity, potable water, or an adequate sewage system. Now an innovative experiment is bringing power to a dozen lucky residents. While the wheels of bureaucracy turned slowly or not at all, residents suffered, despite many applications for assistance from state and local government.
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Let There Be Light
For 36 years, the people of La Presa, a dusty, sweltering colonia south of Laredo, have lived without electricity, potable water, or an adequate sewage system. Now an innovative experiment is bringing power to a dozen lucky residents. While the wheels of bureaucracy turned slowly or not at all, residents suffered, despite many applications for assistance from state and local government.
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50 Years of the Texas Observer Video Clip
Watch a short clip taken from the dvd “50 Years of The Texas Observer” to see what Nate Blakeslee, Bernard Rapoport, and Ronnie Dugger think about The Texas Observer.
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ATF Training Video
The video documents a 1994 test fire set by the ATF at an abandoned house in New Orleans. A box of groceries, including several aerosol cans, was placed on a hot plate. The video features several explosions. After the first explosion, you will see flaming liquid ignite satellite fires across the room. After the second explosion, at 4 minutes, 28 seconds, you can see a flaming aerosol can burst from behind the fence in front of the hot plate and bounce off the floor. To see the can's flight, pause the video at 4:29 and click forward frame-by-frame. The aerosol can will be visible in the lower portion of the frame. After the second explosion, satellite fires, with no connection to the original blaze, are visible on the floor and on a chair several feet away. Experts contend this scenario is how the fire in Curtis Severns' gun shop likely spread.
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