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Thursday, August 27 2009 - 9/11 A/V Galleries
Stand with Cindy Sheehan who Stands with 9/11 Truth
This is a call to every 9/11 truth advocate who can possibly get to Martha's Vineyard this week to do so. John Walsh at Counterpunch.com, and Justin Raimondo at Antiwar.com have published the following powerful pieces asking where the anti-war movement is, now that Obama's in office. Excellent points.
As Cindy stated in the video below, "I know my son died because of 9/11 and I know we're over in Iraq and Afghanistan because of 9/11". Indeed. On August 18, Obama stated, "Those who attacked America on 9/11 are plotting to do so again. If left unchecked, the Taliban insurgency will mean an even larger safe haven from which al Qaeda would plot to kill more Americans. So this is not only a war worth fighting. This is fundamental to the defence of our people."
This week, while Obama is playing golf and relaxing at the beach, nearly 100 people, including another four US soldiers (that makes another 63 so far this month), were killed in the war in Afghanistan. Were those soldiers 'fundamentally' defending this commander in chief's opportunity to have a vacation from conflict? Whitehouse spokesman Gibbs stated, "there will be a certain point in which the president will largely be down enjoying his vacation, as well as I think the vacation that millions and millions of Americans hopefully will." The soldiers and civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq are not among those "millions and millions" on vacation, (nor the six million of us in the US worrying about unemployment benefits running out while we still can't find a job and are on the verge of losing our homes, for that matter ...).
A war "worth fighting", "fundamental to our defence"? I think not, sir. Finally investigating and prosecuting the crimes of 9/11 (as opposed to perceiving 9/11 as an "act of war", responded to by initiating and perpetuating our own never-ending war), as the path to END these wars and restore our civil liberties, is the action "worth fighting for" and what is needed to fundamentally defend ourselves, as well as citizens of the rest of the world.
While the former "anti-war movement" in the United States has never been willing to look at the fundamental issue used as justification for the wars they opposed, 9/11 truth advocates have long maintained 9/11 Truth can indeed end them. We have an opportunity here to turn the hopeful and insightful "9/11 Truth for Peace" slogan into tangible action. Do we believe that 9/11 truth can, indeed, end these wars? Yes. Those of us who are able to get to Martha's Vineyard this week need to be there. If you can't get there, get creative. Stand in continuing, strong opposition to this madness, and in solidarity with Cindy, wherever you are.
– Ed.
The Silence of the Antiwar Movement is Deafening
By JOHN V. WALSH
A funny thing has happened on Cindy Sheehan's long road from Crawford, Texas, to Martha's Vineyard. Many of those who claim to lead the peace movement and who so volubly praised her actions in Crawford, TX, are not to be seen. Nor heard. The silence in fact is deafening, or as Cindy put it in an email to this writer, "crashingly deafening." Where are the email appeals to join Cindy from The Nation or from AFSC or Peace Action or "Progressive" Democrats of America (PDA) or even Code Pink? Or United for Peace and Justice. (No wonder UFPJ is essentially closing shop, bereft of most of their contributions and shriveling up following the thinly veiled protest behind the "retirement" of Leslie Cagan.) And what about MoveOn although it was long ago thoroughly discredited as principled opponents of war or principled in any way shape or form except slavish loyalty to the "other" War Party. And of course sundry "socialist" organizations are also missing in action since their particular dogma will not be front and center. These worthies and many others have vanished into the fog of Obama's wars.
Just to be sure, this writer contacted several of the "leaders" of the "official" peace movement in the Boston area -- AFSC, Peace Action, Green Party of MA (aka Green Rainbow Party) and some others. Not so much as the courtesy of a reply resulted from this effort - although the GRP at least posted a notice of the action. (It is entirely possible that some of these organizations might mention Cindy's action late enough and quickly enough so as to cover their derrieres while ensuring that Obama will not be embarrassed by protesting crowds.) We here in the vicinity of Beantown are but a hop, skip and cheap ferry ride from Martha's Vineyard. Same for NYC. So we have a special obligation to respond to Cindy's call.
However, not everyone has failed to publicize the event. The Libertarians at Antiwar.com are on the job, and its editor in chief Justin Raimondo wrote a superb column Monday [reprinted below] on the hypocritical treatment of Sheehan by the "liberal" establishment. (1) As Raimondo pointed out, Rush Limbaugh captured the hypocrisy of the liberal left in his commentary, thus:
Limbaugh has their number, just as they have his. Sometimes it is quite amazing how well each of the war parties can spot the other's hypocrisy. But Cindy Sheehan is no one's dupe; she is a very smart and very determined woman who no doubt is giving a lot of White House operatives some very sleepless nights out there on the Vineyard. Good for her.
Obama is an enormous gift to the Empire. Just as he has silenced most of the single-payer movement, an effort characterized by its superb scholarship exceeded only by its timidity, Obama has shut down the antiwar movement, completely in thrall as it is to the Democrat Party and Identity Politics. Why exactly the peace movement has caved to Obama is not entirely clear. Like the single-payer movement, it is wracked by spinelessness, brimming with reverence for authority and a near insatiable appetite to be "part of the crowd." Those taken in by Obama's arguments that the increasingly bloody and brutal AfPak war is actually a "war of necessity," should read Steven Walt's easy demolition of that "argument." (2) Basically Obama's logic is the same as Bush's moronic rationale that "We are fighting them over there so we do not have to fight them over here." There is a potential for "safe havens for terrorists," as the Obamalogues and neocons like to call them, all over the world; and no one can possibly believe the US can invade them all. However, the ones which Israel detests or which allow control of oil pipelines or permit encirclement of China and Russia will see US troops sooner or later.
The bottom line is that everyone in New England and NYC who is a genuine antiwarrior should join the imaginative effort of Cindy Sheehan in Obamaland this week and weekend. We owe it to the many who will otherwise perish at the hands of the war parties of Bush and Obama.
1.See: http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2009/08/23/war-coverage-and-the-obama-cult/
Or go to Antiwar.com and make a contribution while you are there. It's almost as good as CounterPunch.com.
John V. Walsh can be reached at email@example.com He welcomes comments, and he looks forward to seeing crowds of CounterPunchers at Martha's Vineyard this week and weekend.
War Coverage and the Obama Cult
Why we aren't getting the real story
There was a time when Cindy Sheehan couldn't go anywhere without having a microphone and a TV camera stuck in front of her. As she camped out in front of George W. Bush's Crawford ranch, mourning the death of her son Casey in Iraq and calling attention to an unjust, unnecessary, and unwinnable war, the media created in her a symbolic figure whose public agony epitomized a growing backlash against the militarism and unmitigated arrogance of the Bush administration. It was a powerful image: a lone woman standing up to the most powerful man on earth in memory of her fallen son.
Touting "an exclusive interview with Cindy Sheehan" on Good Morning America, four years ago ABC anchorman Charles Gibson intoned: "Standing her ground. She lost her son in Iraq, she opposes the war, now she's camped out at President Bush's ranch and says she won't leave until he meets with her."
The level of coverage only increased in the coming days and weeks. As Cindy continued her vigil, Gibson enthused:
"All across the country protests against the war in Iraq, inspired by the mother standing her ground at President Bush's ranch."
Flashing across their television screens, viewers saw the headline "MOM ON A MISSION: IS ANTIWAR MOVEMENT GROWING?" as Gibson averred:
"This morning a war of words. All across the country protests against the war in Iraq, inspired by the mother standing her ground at President Bush's ranch. But is anyone in the White House feeling the heat?"
That was then. This is now: in an interview [.mp3] with Chicago's WLS radio on Aug. 18, Gibson was asked whether his network planned to cover Sheehan's plans to travel to Martha's Vineyard, where she is protesting the escalation of the war in Afghanistan while President Obama is vacationing there. Gibson's answer:
"Enough already."
It is one thing to decide war protests aren't newsworthy, that they're just the irrelevant emanations of a fringe element radically out of step with the 99 percent of the country that's marching happily off to war. That, however, is very far from being the case. Back in 2005, Cindy represented a minority that was on its way to becoming a majority. Today, she starts off her renewed vigil with over half of the American people agreeing with her that the Afghan war isn't worth it.
Yet Gibson's announced news blackout is being observed well nigh universally:
aside from Rush
Limbaugh, only the generally conservative Boston
Herald, the Martha's
Vineyard Gazette, a daytime MSNBC news show, and a few blogs bothered
noticing Sheehan's determination to be "an equal opportunity vacation
disruption," as the Herald writer put it. The bitterness of conservatives
over the obvious double standard is expressed by Limbaugh in terms of the usual
partisan rhetoric:
"When she's out there revving up people against George W. Bush, it's, let's cover her 24/7, let's make sure we have our cameras out there outside Bush's ranch when she's there, whatever she's saying, whatever she's doing, if she goes down and meets with Hugo Chavez, our cameras will be there. They could not get enough of her. Now that she's headed to Martha's Vineyard, the State-Controlled Media, Charlie Gibson, State-Controlled Anchor, ABC: 'Enough already.' Cindy, leave it alone, get out, we're not interested, we're not going to cover you going to Martha's Vineyard because our guy is president now and you're just a hassle. You're just a problem. To these people, they never had any true, genuine emotional interest in her. She was just a pawn. She was just a woman to be used and then thrown overboard once they're through with her and they're through with her. They don't want any part of Cindy Sheehan protesting against any war when Obama happens to be president."
While Cindy is nobody's pawn – as she is proving by her actions – the general point Limbaugh is making seems all too true. So why isn't he cheering?
After all, what did this pro-war blowhard have to say about Cindy back when Gibson was breathlessly broadcasting her every utterance? Well, he basically said she was a traitor and a fraud, comparing her to Bill Burkett, who provided CBS with phony "evidence" purporting to show Bush's failure to show up for National Guard training. "Her story," he said, "is nothing more than forged documents." Sheehan's crusade, he claimed, was all part of a "coordinated" plan by the "far Left," which he seemed to equate with the Democratic Party.
In the beginning of this year, when a caller asked "where are all the … Cindy Sheehans, the Code Pink Tuscaderos [sic] of the Democratic Party" now that Obama is in the White House, Limbaugh replied:
"Well, frankly, that doesn't bother me. I had enough of Cindy Sheehan to last me a lifetime. She was always a nonfactor anyway. I mean, Cindy Sheehan, this is a poor woman who's lost her mind, and then that fact was used by the Drive-By Media to further drive her crazy into making everybody and her think that she was relevant, only because she was willing to accept enough money from a California PR film to build and occupy a little shack across the road from Bush's house down in Crawford, Texas."
Aside from the fact that he has no idea whether or not she has the same media handlers – the True Majority group, founded by Ben Cohen of Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream, hired Fenton Communications to handle Cindy's media relations and thanked her when she (prematurely) announced her "retirement" from peace activism – one has to wonder what Rush is complaining about. Gibson is doing just what the bombastic radio commentator always wanted him to do: ignoring Cindy's antiwar protest.
Can't we all just get along? On the higher levels of the commentariat, the "Left" and the "Right" are slow-dancing in perfect harmony whenever Obama plays a martial tune. Now that the Obamaite think-tanks, such as the Center for a New American Security and the Center for American Progress, are holding joint conferences with Rush's neocon buddies – Bill Kristol and his Foreign Policy Initiative – hailing Obama's Afghan "surge" and proffering advice on how best to go about it, Rush ought to relax. He and Keith Olbermann can now march together, arm in arm, into the glorious war-torn future, united in steadfastly ignoring the Cindy Sheehans of this world.
We, of course, are not ignoring her passionate protest, including in our news section – but, then again, we don't fit into the Left/Right dichotomy that the "mainstream" media is stuck in and has a financial interest in promoting. With Keith Olbermann capturing the self-described "left-wing" pro-Obama demographic, and Limbaugh/Hannity/O'Reilly going after the anti-Obama crowd, they're divvying up the demographic pie, with Fox News settling for the older crowd, and MSNBC going for the younger and more "hip" set.
Here at Antiwar.com it isn't about demographics or Obama, and it certainly isn't about the two major parties, both of which now accept the central premise of America's wars: that the U.S. has both the right and means to police the world.
In rejecting that onerous principle, we stand outside the bipartisan "consensus" and the whole ersatz Left/Right division of American opinion – whose proponents exhibit a curious unity when it comes to the vital question of foreign policy.
As much as Limbaugh and his right-wing brothers and sisters railed against the "liberal" media for undermining the war effort, they never really questioned the factual basis of the administration's case for invading Iraq: that Saddam Hussein possessed "weapons of mass destruction," that he was on the verge of attacking his neighbors, and that he had proven links to the perpetrators of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Instead, they reported these claims uncritically – even as they were being debunked right here on this Web site.
The lesson of all this is simple: the "mainstream" media simply can't be trusted. That's why newspapers are losing circulation at a rapid clip, and television news is fading in importance. It's not the Internet that's killing off the sainted mandarins of the "mainstream" – it's their role as transmission belts for official propaganda, whether it be from the government or the partisan opposition. They're shills, and everybody knows it.
That's why Antiwar.com is more important than ever – and isn't it ironic that we're clinging to life by a very thin thread, just at the moment when we're needed the most?
Oh, well, life is like that, you know. I never expected it to be easy. Yet even I have to admit that this fundraising campaign is beginning to scare me: we're way behind where we were at this point last time around, to say nothing of last year. The number of contributors is equivalent, and even shows signs of increasing, but the amounts are smaller by as much as half. We all are facing some hard economic times. It just means we'll have to extend our fundraising campaign by as much as a week – hopefully not more. But we'll do what we have to do to stay afloat.
If you haven't given, or even if you have, I want to extend this appeal to all my readers, even the ones who don't agree with some (or much) of what I have to say in this space. You may love Obama or you may bitterly oppose him: whatever. You need to realize, however, that this isn't about him. It's about maintaining a skeptical approach to the foreign policy currently being conducted by those geniuses in Washington, who think they know all there is to know to bring order to a disorderly world.
It's about maintaining a wonderfully complete source of hard news, as well as an outlet for dissenting opinions – often colorfully expressed – in an age of ideological conformity and bland "pragmatism."
It's about maintaining the tradition of independent journalism in a world where "journalists" are bought and sold like the ladies of Amsterdam's red-light district and events are viewed through a partisan prism.
Antiwar.com has stood like a rock against the War Party, resisting and opposing the pressure that is brought to bear on any popular media outlet these days, and we've been doing it since 1995. Don't let this be our final year – which, I'm sad to say, is a very real possibility. Please make your tax-deductible contribution today.
"Enough Already"
by Cindy Sheehan
"Enough already?" Hmmm...I don't know Charlie Gibson and I don't pay any attention to his career, but I seem to agree with him on this one: "Enough already."
Enough with the killing, torturing, wounding and profiting off of the backs of our troops and off of the lives of the people of Iraq-Af-Pak: as our brothers and sisters in Latin America say: "Basta!"
Somehow, I don't think that this is what Charlie Gibson meant, though. I am sure that he just wants me to go away like most of the rest of the anti-war movement has done under the Obama presidency.
One of the things I hear quite often from people from all over the political spectrum is: "Why don't you just go away, you've had your 15 minutes of fame."
Yes, that's exactly what I thought as soon as I heard that my son was killed in the US's illegal and immoral war in Iraq: "this is a perfect opportunity to get my 15 minutes of fame." Actually, after I slowly recovered from the shock and horror, the pain always remains, I thought that I had to do everything I can to end this nightmare so other mothers/families wouldn't have to go through what I was going through and what I am going through.
I certainly am not the anchor of a major network news show, but last time I checked, people are still dying at a heartrending clip in Iraq-Af-Pak.
If my goal was "15 minutes of fame," I could have gone quietly away a long time ago. I started because I wanted the wars to end, and I will figure I can go away when the wars end...but when is that going to be? In my lifetime, probably not.
I am cutting my writing-staycation short to head to Martha's Vineyard because I think the new titular head of the empire needs to know that his policies are devastating people as much as the same policies did when Bush was president.
I would rather be able to go away and spend the rest of my life worshipping my grandchildren, writing, reading, resting, and doing humanitarian work where I am needed.
I wish the wars would go away, but they aren't going away if we the people don't get more militantly insistent.
Peace proponent Cindy Sheehan calls all peace leaders to come sail with her aboard 'SS Camp Casey' anchored in Martha's Vineyard for a shipboard peace summit.
MARTHA'S VINEYARD---Peace proponent Cindy Sheehan is calling for peace movement leaders, international news 'anchors' and pro-peace members of the public to sail around Martha's Vineyard, from August 27 to 29. The meetings will be aboard the grand sailing vessel dubbed the SS Camp Casey anchored in Martha's Vineyard. Sheehan will co-captain daily excursions as she holds this seaside peace summit.
Sheehan's purpose is to bring leaders together to stand as an acting 'Department of Peace'. She calls for immediate stipulations: "I am calling in the Peace Movement to encircle our country with our united demand for an immediate return of all U.S. forces around the globe. Bring every one of our troops home NOW! We need them in our families and towns. This world needs a permanent vacation from war."
Sheehan declares her plan to mobilize peace leaders to begin work with her to draft the world's first 'Universal Peace Treaty': "We must stop the terrorizing of our soldiers and the world's civilians with the imperial sword rattling of wartime administrations," said Sheehan. "We must BE the change we wish to see in our President!"
Sheehan demands that the Obama Administration issue a mandatory end to U.S. war policy. "The clock does not turn back with a new President.. We must return them all back here immediately. No more waiting will be tolerated. Zero acceptance for keeping our troops abroad!
"Security begins at home with intact families," says Sheehan. "The time of healing must begin. The true purpose of our nation should be Peace on Earth, starting with the decisive end to our failed war policies."
To the international peace community, Sheehan says: "This is our time to finally draw an end to America's wars. We must abide by the saying of ancient scriptures: Let peace and peace and peace be everywhere. I declare this to be our new national defense policy."
Cindy Sheehan on 9/11 - Video
Posted at YouTube by JaneUnderground
Q: "Cindy, do you buy into the government story of events on 9/11 and if not, which part or parts do you suspect or have you determined to be false?"
A: I think it's pretty safe to say that this regime lies, that this regime is capable of anything. ... Project for a New American Century ... Pearl Harbor-like event ... But I don't have time to study it. I've seen documentaries like Loose Change, I've read New Pearl Harbor by David Griffin ... and it's something that I'm constantly studying. I'm not going to come out and say our government did 9/11 because I don't know that and I haven't come to that conclusion yet. But I don't have a lot of time to study it because I'm working on ending this immoral and illegal ocupation ... And I know my son died because of 9/11 and I know we're over in Iraq and Afghanistan because of 9/11 but 9/11 has already happened. There's millions of people who are alive in those states. And there's so many lies that have already been proven about the lead-up to the war. So I think there's some really good people working on 9/11 truth. I encourage them to keep working on it. Like we said at our last meeting, it would be great if we had a true 9/11 commission in our country to study it and I would at least call for a true 9/11 commission to study what happened on that day, but I think our focus and energy has to be on bringing our troops home ..."
Cindy Sheehan, Statement of Support of NYCCAN
Cindy Sheehan
On April 4th, 2004, my son Casey was killed serving the United States Army in Iraq during the illegal occupation started by the Bush Administration.
That illegal occupation was made possible because of the attacks that took place on September 11th, 2001, resulting in the deaths of 2,973 people.
Since that horrid day, victims' family members have been doing everything within their power to seek justice and accountability for what happened, with little to no success. It is shameful that almost 8 years after the fact, they have been denied this. The official 9/11 commission report was a sham and a mockery of justice, not justice.
Currently, there is an effort underway in New York City to get a new investigation onto the ballot by this November. The New York City Coalition for Accountability Now (www.NYCCAN.org) is currently attempting to get enough signatures to make this happen, and they need your help. I wholeheartedly support and endorse this effort.
Please do what you can to support this effort, and thank you.
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Not sure what happened to my last comment. Sorry if it double posts, but I have a couple sites that might help.
Etsy.com has a community section including forums where you can ask for the various artists to contribute.
Also, Squidoo.com isn't an art related site, but you can easily create a "Lens" about Drawing Day to help promote the event.
- daX said...
I'm a member of deviantart. I've been promoting Drawing Day on my main page, ultradax.deviantart.com and sending messages to other users. But I must say that it surprises me a little that dA is not as involved as one would hope to. I haven't found anything about this on the news page.
- daX said...
Now I found it, I wonder why no administrator or gallery director supported it. I added it to my favorite news.
- Nullig said...
We are promoting Drawing Day at our site:


description: October 6, 2011—Researchers race to tag a newborn vicuña, a cousin of the llama, to find out causes of death among the young in the Argentinean Andes. The research, partially funded by National Geographic, aims to aid in conservation of vicuñas and one of their common predators, the puma.

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This vicuña mom-to-be is about to give birth.
Her calf is slowly emerging into the world and will soon land on the ground of its home in the Argentinean Andes.
The vicuña is a cousin of the llama, alpaca and camel, all known as camelids. They only occur naturally in Argentina, Chile, Bolivia and Peru.
The birth takes several minutes. At first only the little one’s head and 2 legs emerge. While most vicuñas give birth while standing, the full birth in this case will happen only after the mom sets herself down for a rest.
Finally, as the camera gets shaky from the wind, you can see the baby completely born, with legs squirming in the air, and it tries to sit up for the first time.
Researchers are trying to establish survival rates and find out what is causing deaths among the young.
The team waits for ten minutes after birth to allow mother-baby imprinting. And then, they only have a very short time to capture these newborn calves before they can run away.   In fact, within 15 minutes, this little four-legged 11-pound-vicuña will be able to outrun the researchers.
Two researchers move in on the mom-and baby: one to measure, weigh and tag… the other, to keep the angry mother at bay.  Not often, but sometimes, the moms can be violent.
The whole process is done quickly, the researchers retreat, and the mother returns to her young babe.
The ear tags have a transmitter with a mortality sensor. So, when the animal stops moving for 2 hours, it transmits a different signal. Researchers recover the bodies and gather data. The 3-year-study in Argentina’s San Guillermo National Park, and partially funded by National Geographic, tracked the juveniles for a full year, or until they were killed.
Young vicuñas are a favorite prey of pumas. And the researchers hope the information gathered in this study will help in the conservation of both animals.


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Good to know!
Frys has a TP link TL-WN722N with the ar9271 chip for $10
was wondering if it worked, now I will pick it up tomorrow (assuming there are still some available)
You should do some reading on your ar9271 card....
We have the ar9271 btw....
Lss We have a 2Watt capable WIFI card but due to FCC restrictions... can only run it at 500mW..... or 27dBm.
see here http://www.giangrandi.ch/electronics...l/decibel.html
The EEprom overrides driver settings...
I worked on modding the EEprom all week-end....
Got it injecting just fine doing this ^_^.
Update Kernel to latest, reboot then dist-upgrade, reboot. No need to update at all.... Actually updating breaks some pkg and cause more issues than they resolve.
No need to update at all this tutorial will work with a fresh install of BT5r1
Chose the driver you want to compile, i have an AR9271 so i chose "atheros".Code:cd /usr/src wget http://www.orbit-lab.org/kernel/compat-wireless-2.6-stable/v2.6.39/compat-wireless-2.6.39-1.tar.bz2 tar -xvjf compat-wireless-2.6.39-1.tar.bz2 cd compat-wireless-2.6.39-1 wget http://patches.aircrack-ng.org/channel-negative-one-maxim.patch wget http://patches.aircrack-ng.org/mac80211.compat08082009.wl_frag+ack_v1.patch patch -p1 < mac80211.compat08082009.wl_frag+ack_v1.patch patch -p1 < channel-negative-one-maxim.patch
Compile the pkg.Code:./scripts/driver-select atheros
Then for AR9271 just or reboot.Code:make && make install
Voila! fakeauth, injection the works ^_^.Code:modprobe ath9k_hw
I found a hole in the eeprom!!!
Get essentials:
Download and install regdb:Code:apt-get install libgcrypt11-dev python-m2crypto libnl1 libnl-dev
Now edit db.txt and place this info in your country code:Code:cd ~ mkdir custom-rdb && cd custom-rdb wget http://wireless.kernel.org/download/wireless-regdb/wireless-regdb-2011.04.28.tar.bz2 tar -xvjf wireless-regdb-2011.04.28.tar.bz2 cd wireless-regdb-2011.04.28
My EEPROM defaults to US so i modified US lol <----------- the hole
country US:
Save and compile
Backup and copy new key.Code:make && make install
Download crda:Code:cp /usr/lib/crda/regulatory.bin /usr/lib/crda/regulatory.bin.bak cp regulatory.bin /usr/lib/crda/
Copy the generated keys from regdb folder:Code:cd ~/custom-rdb wget http://wireless.kernel.org/download/crda/crda-1.1.2.tar.bz2 tar -xvjf crda-1.1.2.tar.bz2 cd crda-1.1.2
Compile and install:Code:cp ~/custom-rdb/wireless-regdb-2011.04.28/*.key.pub.pem pubkeys
Unplug the Ar9271.Code:make && make install
Now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational Wireless card!
Some useful commands
X= your card so either 0 1 2 3, what ever, usually wlan1 on a laptop wlan0 on a desktop
One last thing...Code:iw dev wlanX set power_save off iw dev wlanX set txpower auto iwlist wlanX chan iwlist wlanX frequency
For some reason installing this version of compat breaks the iwl** driver.... FML!
Took me for ever to figure out why, still haven't but i was able to restore the original iwl*** module.
that will fix the module....Code:iwl-enable iwl-load
Big thanx to the MODS <3 i am truly honored that my post made the tutorials ^_^
Also Thanks to joker, he pointed me in the right direction
Last edited by hellmonger; 01-19-2012 at 09:27 AM. Reason: one last thing....
Good to know!
Frys has a TP link TL-WN722N with the ar9271 chip for $10
was wondering if it worked, now I will pick it up tomorrow (assuming there are still some available)
Nice post hellmonger, thanks for the info.
I just ordered this:
Alfa AWUS036NHA - Wireless B/G/N USB Adaptor - 802.11n - 150Mbps - 2.4 GHz - 5dBi Antenna - also includes a 9dBi Rubber Antenna And Suction cup Window Mount dock - Long Range - Atheros Chipset
I will be droping it on my multiboot HP dv5 craptop
One question:
Did you have to use the htc FW module from ?
Last edited by Rasta420; 02-28-2012 at 03:44 PM.
Chose the driver you want to compile, i have an AR9271 so i chose "atheros".
./scripts/driver-select atheros IS THERE SOMETHING ELSE I NEED TO PUT IN HERE when I run this script it says file or directory missing.
Do I need another file for the Driver AR9271.
Im in a Black Terminal Window copying and pasting each Script but I must still be missing something. ./scripts/driver-select atheros What does the file look like so I can get a better Idea what I am missing is it the word atheros that you used as the driver file. Do you download and extract this file seperate and direct the script to run it. A picture is worth a thousand words.
Where do I get the correct file and how is it inserted. Is it the last word in the script you are calling atheros and do I need the extra quation marks around that word or are you just highlighting it. Ive edited things that I have run with the MAKE command when I have opened it up in a TERMINAL WINDOW and copyied it to a LEAPPAD EDITOR
firstname.lastname@example.com would like to send you an EMAIL to communicate if at all possible. I no when I first went roller skating my date held me up by the seat of my pants to keep me from falling. Is there a step by step of areas to check and see what I have all ready put in like a what to look for after you think its done. Areas to look at to meke sure you completed each step correctly. Frank firstname.lastname@example.com Also I really like the AWUS036NHR over the AWUS036NHA the Realtek Driver picks up 15 more networks then the Alfa with the Atheros Chipset.
Can this card run up to 2000mw?
Hi can this be done for the Alfa AWUS051NH ?
What are the gains?
This Script seems to work for the Old Alfa AWUS036H just make a File and copy this into it. Then right click
on the file and change the permissions to executable. Then to run just double click on the File you made on the Desktop.
airmon-ng check killall
ifconfig wlan0 down
rmmod rtl8187
rfkill block all
rfkill unblock all
modprobe rtl8187
rfkill unblock all
ifconfig wlan0 up
ls -l /sys/class/net/wlan0/device/driver
lsmod | grep -i rtl8187
ifconfg wlan0 down
iw reg set BO
iwconfig wlan0 txpower 30
ifconfig wlan0 up
airmon-ng start wlan0
That Country Code BO must already have a txpower of 30 set in the CRDA so NO CHANGES TO SYSTEM ARE NEEDED.


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FONTANA -- Call it a stalemate.
Call it political gridlock.
After several hours of hearing many residents' - and schoolchildren's - pleas to retain a city-run after-school program, the school board couldn't agree Wednesday evening on any of several motions to start planning for next year.
Last month, the Fontana Unified school board locked in a 2-2 vote on renewing the contract for the 6-year-old program that serves some 3,500 children. An agenda item needs a majority vote to pass.
Sophia Green and Leticia Garcia voted not to OK the contract. School board President Gus Hawthorn and Lorena Corona favored it. BarBara Chavez, vice president of the school board, abstained because she is employed by the after-school program.
Garcia posted an agenda item for Wednesday night's meeting seeking board approval to request proposals from vendors to take over the after-school program, which is especially important to working parents.
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At one point, Garcia amended her agenda item to invite the city of Fontana to be part of the bidding process.
That motion died as well.
Corona and Hawthorn, in various combinations, proposed tabling Garcia's motion and coming back with a proposal next month to continue the city contract.
Every vote was split , meaning that every motion died.
"We are at a stalemate," said Maribel Molina, the school board's attorney.
Garcia said that by opposing her motion to include the city in the request for proposals, the after-school program was in jeopardy of not being around next year.
Superintendent Cali-Olsen Binks said a decision at the May 15 board meeting would allow enough time for a new vendor to be ready for the new school year.
Last month, Garcia stressed that her "no" vote on renewing the contract with the city was to find a vendor "that knows its place" and in no way meant that the after-school program would end. It would just be administered by another group. And most of its 350 employees would be hired by the new operator, she said.
Corona, in her proposal Wednesday evening, said the school board has a "moral responsibility" to continue its relationship with the city, especially since a citizens' oversight committee gave the program high marks.
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"I have all the faith in the world it is clear this program needs to continue," Warren said.
The city of Fontana kicks in $1.2 million as a match to draw most of the program's funding from the state of California.
It is not clear how that money will be replaced if the district selects another vendor.
Among those making a case for preservation of the city-run program was Rich Hunt, president of the Fontana Police Officers Association, who said it was important to have the city and the school district working together.
"I'm a concerned and confused parent," said Adrian Isles, before the board started its deadlock-producing voting. "The one constant my daughter has raved about as making her life better is the after-school program. "
Vincent Becerra, 15, told the board he has attended after-school programs in several other California school districts and Fontana Unified's was by far the best.
Garcia said many area school districts are moving away from city parks and recreation department models and contracting with agencies that are more education focused, especially since there are new, stricter education guidelines coming down from the state.
Warren said city after-school program specialists were already working on those new regulations.
Outside the board meeting room, parent Adriana Padua said she is worried she may not like the program that would replace the one run by the city - and that there might not be room in the new program for her two children.


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Texas Department of Insurance Agency History
State Fire Marshal Agency History
History of the key rate process
Scope and Content of the Records
Department of Insurance State Fire Marshal key rate city files, Part III (city files, O-Z), 1893, 1904-1999, undated, bulk 1930-1997,
Texas Department of Insurance, State Fire Marshal:
An Inventory of Department of Insurance State Fire Marshal Key Rate City Files: Part III (City Files, Group One, O-Z), at the Texas State Archives, 1893, 1904-1999, undated, bulk 1930-1997
Texas Department of Insurance Agency History
The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) regulates the Texas insurance industry. The Department seeks quality insurance products for all Texans at reasonable prices and under reasonable terms and strives to protect consumers' insurance assets. TDI enforces solvency standards and promotes competition in the industry while protecting consumers from fraud, misrepresentation and unfair practices. TDI educates the public about insurance so that Texans can make informed choices and works to protect the lives and property of the citizens of Texas from fire and fire-related hazards.
The history of state regulation of insurance in Texas dates from 1874, when the 14th Legislature passed a law regulating the life and health insurance business in the areas of company formation, activities and coverage (Chapter CXLV, Regular Session). This Act also gave the State Comptroller of Public Accounts supervisory authority over insurance (as there was not a state insurance department in existence), including issuing yearly renewal of certificates to companies. In the early days of statehood, practically all insurance business in Texas was written by companies organized in other states and foreign countries. According to State Comptroller's records, out of 61 companies doing business in Texas in 1874, only four were domestic. Until the 1876 State Constitution was adopted, Texas insurance corporations were created by special acts of the legislature. These domestic companies ventured into the business -- mostly fire and marine insurance -- in competition with financially stronger and more experienced out-of-state companies. As a result, most of them either went bankrupt or had to be reinsured and taken over by their out-of-state counterparts.
The Texas 1876 Constitution authorized the Legislature to create the office of Insurance Commissioner. Later that year the 15th Legislature passed a bill creating the Texas Department of Insurance, Statistics and History (Chapter CXXXIII, Regular Session). The Department had the responsibility to file and maintain insurance company charters; determine net value of all insurance companies in the state annually, to see that companies maintained an amount equal to their net value in safe, legal securities; calculate re-insurance reserves for unexpired fire risks; and suspend or close the operation of companies in non-compliance with insurance regulations. Insurance companies had to furnish a certificate to the Insurance Commissioner on the valuation of the company. If the Commissioner determined the net value was below the state-determined safety net, he was to notify the company to cease doing business and suspend or close their operations. The Commissioner had access to all books and papers of companies and could revoke or modify certificates of authority, call witnesses to testify, and initiate suits and prosecutions. In addition to his insurance-related duties, the commissioner was charged with keeping information and statistics on the state's population, wealth and general resources. He also served briefly as the state historian, the state librarian and superintendent of public grounds and buildings.
In 1887, the Department's authority was expanded by adding agriculture regulation to the Department's regulatory functions (House Bill 355, 20th Legislature, Regular Session). It was renamed the Texas Department of Agriculture, Insurance, Statistics and History. In 1905 (Senate Bill 6, 29th Legislature, Regular Session) banking supervision and regulation were added to the agency. In 1907, a separate office was created for agriculture, and the agency became the Texas Department of Insurance and Banking (House Bill 274, 30th Legislature, Regular Session). The history and statistics functions were absorbed by the State Librarian.
In 1909, Senate Bill 291 (31st Legislature, Regular Session) required insurance companies to file financial and other information with the new Commissioner of Insurance and Banking. Also in 1909, Senate Bill 25 was passed by the 31st Legislature, 3rd Called Session, which created the Fire Insurance Rating Board, with the Commissioner of Insurance and Banking as the chair. The main duty of this board was to prevent discrimination in fire insurance rates. The Commissioner of Insurance and Banking also became the supervisor of all building and loan associations in Texas.
The 31st Legislature created the State Insurance Board in 1910 (Senate Bill 7, 4th Called Session), which replaced the fire rating board. The Commissioner of Insurance and Banking served as the chair, the governor appointed two other members, with the advice and consent of the Senate. One Board member was also designated as the Fire Marshal of the Insurance Board. The board was to supervise, control and regulate fire rates. Duties of the board included to make and prescribe general schedules for insurance, together with rules and regulations for determining maximum specific rates therefrom, and to furnish each insurance company doing business within the state a copy of the rate schedule. The board had the authority to alter or amend insurance rate schedules. The board was also to ascertain the annual fire loss to the state, to collect data in order to classify the fire losses, causes thereof, and amount paid thereon in such a manner as to be of assistance in determining equitable insurance rates, methods of reducing fire losses, and reducing insurance rates of the state. In 1913 the State Insurance Board's name was changed to the State Fire Insurance Commission and its authority broadened (Senate Bill 387, Regular Session). Additional duties included the ability to prescribe, fix, determine, and promulgate the rates of premiums to be charged and collected by fire insurance companies. The board had the authority to alter and amend premium rates.
In 1923 the Commissioner of Insurance was separated from the Commission of Insurance and Banking (Senate Bill 29, 38th Legislature, 3rd Called Session). The agency now became the Texas Department of Insurance. In 1927, the Commissioner of Insurance was consolidated with the Fire Insurance Commissioner to create the Texas Board of Insurance Commissioners (Senate Bill 253, 40th Legislature, Regular Session). It consisted of three commissioners - the Life Insurance Commissioner, who served as chair, the Fire Insurance Commissioner, and a Casualty Insurance Commissioner. In addition to past insurance functions, the Board now had the authority to approve and disapprove auto insurance rates and to promulgate uniform policy reforms.
Major changes were made in insurance laws in the 1950s. In 1951 insurance laws were codified into the Texas Insurance Code (Senate Bill 236, 52nd Legislature, Regular Session). Due to a number of insolvency scandals (23 domestic companies were placed into receivership between 1954 and 1958) the legislatures of the period passed at least 16 insurance related bills, including strengthening examination laws, increasing minimum capital and surplus requirements, and giving the Board more control over issuing certificates of authority.
The Board of Insurance Commissioners was abolished in 1957 and replaced with the Texas State Board of Insurance (Senate Bill 222, 55th Legislature, Regular Session). The State Board of Insurance was composed of three members, appointed by the Governor with Senate approval. Members served six-year overlapping terms. The Board was governed by the Texas Insurance Code. From 1957 to 1991, the term "State Board of Insurance" was sometimes used to refer to the agency and all of its employees. At other times, it was used to designate only the three-member Board. The Board had initial jurisdiction over policies, rules, and rates, and over appeals from the Commissioner of Insurance. The Board appointed, with the consent of the Senate, the Commissioner of Insurance, who acted as the executive and administrative officer for the agency. The Commissioner also served as State Fire Marshal until 1975, when the 64th Legislature passed the Fire Alarm System Act, which created the Office of the State Fire Marshal. The marshal was now appointed by the chair of the State Board of Insurance and was directly responsible to the board.
In 1991, the 72nd Legislature created the Texas Commission on Fire Protection (TCFP) by combining two agencies, the Texas Commission on Fire Protection Personnel Standards and Education, and the Texas Fire Department Emergency Board (Senate Bill 383, Regular Session). It also transferred certain duties from the Texas State Board of Insurance, including oversight of the State Fire Marshal and the key rate municipal inspections. Also in 1991, the 72nd Legislature revised the regulation of insurance and changed the agency's name to the Texas Department of Insurance (House Bill 2, Regular Session and House Bill 62, 2nd Called Session). The three-member State Board of Insurance was abolished by the 73rd Legislature in 1993 (House Bill 1461, Regular Session). The management and regulatory duties of the Board became the responsibility of the Commissioner of Insurance as of September 1, 1994. The Commissioner is the overall authority in the enforcement of the Insurance Code and the regulation of the insurance industry in Texas.
[Sources: Guide to Texas State Agencies, various editions; laws and statutes of Texas; agency's webpage ( http://www.tdi.state.tx.us/webinfo/vision.html, accessed January 8, 2007) and documents found within the State Fire Marshal's records.]
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State Fire Marshal Agency History
The Texas State Fire Marshal is a division of the Texas Department of Insurance. The Marshal's Office conducts fire and arson investigations; performs fire safety inspections; regulates the storage, handling, and use of flammable liquids at retail service stations; and issues permits for the display and sale of fireworks. The office also licenses and regulates the installation and maintenance of fire extinguishers, fire alarms, and automatic fire sprinkler systems. And, it oversees inspection activities by ISO, a private organization contracted to perform inspections conducted in cities and communities to determine fire suppression rates.
The State Fire Marshal position was created in 1910 as part of the State Insurance Board (Senate Bill 7, 31st Legislature, 4th Called Session) to conduct fire and arson investigations and provide technical support to municipal and rural fire departments. The State Fire Marshal investigated fires upon request of local officials or fire insurance companies and determined the cause, submitting a written report to the State Insurance Board. He was also to furnish in writing to the county or district attorney all information and evidence obtained during the investigation including a copy of all pertinent testimony obtained in the case. The State Fire Marshal had the authority to administer oaths, take testimony, compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents, and to enter the building where the fire occurred or adjacent structures as needed during the investigation. He also conducted inspections of local fire department facilities as part of a process to establish key rates - rates that were part of a formula used to determine fire insurance rates for individual properties in cities and towns. Beginning in 1957 the Commissioner of Insurance served as the State Fire Marshal until 1975, when a separate State Fire Marshal Office was established in the State Board of Insurance, with the fire marshal appointed by the Chair of the Insurance Board.
In 1991, the 72nd Legislature created the Texas Commission on Fire Protection (TCFP) by combining two agencies, the Texas Commission on Fire Protection Personnel Standards and Education, and the Texas Fire Department Emergency Board (Senate Bill 383, Regular Session). It also transferred certain duties from the Texas State Board of Insurance, including oversight of the State Fire Marshal and the key rate municipal inspections. In September 1997 the 75th Legislature returned the State Fire Marshal's Office to the Texas Department of Insurance (Senate Bill 371, Regular Session).
[Sources: Guide to Texas State Agencies, various editions; laws and statutes of Texas; webpage of the State Fire Marshal ( http://www.tdi.state.tx.us/fire/fmhistoy.html, accessed January 8, 2007); and documents found within the State Fire Marshal's records.]
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History of the key rate process
In the late 1800s, due to large, catastrophic losses as a result of major fires, the insurance industry began to formally evaluate the fire defenses of communities. In 1916, an industry standard was produced, Standard Grading Schedule of Grading Cities and Towns. Texas adopted an evaluation process in 1918, based on the 1916 standards, to establish a methodology for establishing fire insurance rates for individual properties and communities, known as key rates. These rates were part of a formula used to determine fire insurance rates. Items evaluated to determine the key rates included the fire department's method for receiving and handling of fire alarms, the capability of the fire department to fight fires, and the capability of the community's existing water supply to fight fires. The more proficient a community was judged in fighting fires, the lower the key rate, resulting in lower fire insurance rates for the individual properties within that community.
Until 1991, key rate inspections were conducted by the State Board of Insurance and its predecessors. In 1991, the inspection duty was transferred to the Texas Commission on Fire Protection (TCFP). It conducted key rate inspections and recommended a key rate to the State Board of Insurance for the board's final approval. If the rate was not approved, the Board of Insurance would inform TCFP of the reason and recommend another rate. Effective January 1, 1997, all existing key rates for cities were frozen. In 1998, the Department of Insurance switched to a Fire Suppression Rating Schedule, the system used in all other states, which grades fire protection on the basis of a city's actual fire exposure and water flow necessary to control fires wherever they occur. The detailed reports of inspections are now carried out by ISO, a private organization, overseen by the State Fire Marshal.
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Scope and Content of the Records
The Texas State Fire Marshal conducted inspections of local fire department facilities as part of a process to establish key rates - rates that were part of a formula used to determine fire insurance rates for individual properties in cities and towns. Records consist of key rate analyses, reports, correspondence, maps, proposed key rate schedules, city ordinances, city codes (electrical, fire, etc.), operational or engineering reports on water distribution systems, water and waste water master plans, inspection reports of fire fighting equipment, certificates of inspection for pumpers or other fire department apparatus, manufacturer's record of construction details, reports of city fire departments, and training reports of city and rural fire departments, etc. Dates covered are 1893, 1904-1999, undated, bulk 1930-1997. These files were used to determine and document the key rates of cities and towns in Texas for use in establishing fire insurance rates.
A key rate analysis sheet is present for all cities, towns, and rural areas presented in these records. Information on the analysis includes the name of the city and county; population; and charges assessed for the existence for waterworks, fire departments, building laws, streets, alleys, fire marshal, and conflagration hazards, with a total for all charges given. A credit amount was given based on the city's fire protection capability, including factors such as methods of fire prevention and principles of fire insurance, the fire department's level, fire equipment, arson reward, and firemen training opportunities. The resultant amount (charges minus the credit) was the key rate. Rates ranged from 7 cents to $1.00. The higher the amount, the higher the fire insurance rates would be for individual properties within the community. Based on the 1991 figures, cities or communities with rates under 80 cents were listed as protected; those entities with rates 81 cents or higher, mostly very small towns, rural areas, and communities, were listed as unprotected.
The most comprehensive reports present in this series are inspection reports of cities and towns by the National Board of Fire Underwriters and/or the State Fire Insurance Commission. Each report gives an overview of the city and details of the fire department operations (organization, equipment, personnel), the water supply and water distribution network, water consumption, structural conditions and hazards, municipal building codes, building construction, electric services, and conflagration hazards; ending with recommended improvements. Each report generally contains a plat or street map, most showing streets, railroads, public areas, rivers and lakes, water pumping stations, water mains, water tanks, fire departments, and fire hydrants. For many cities, the reports were written every 10 years or so, and the later reports refer back to the earlier ones, noting changes or improvements made or still needed. These reports are not present for all cities or towns, just for the the larger ones, with a few exceptions. Other reports present include re-inspection reports, either by the Texas Fire Insurance Department, the Texas State Board of Insurance, or the Texas Commission on Fire Protection. The re-inspection reports contain data about the city's fire fighting capabilities, in summary form (number and location of water pumps, fire hydrants, water mains; reservoir capacity, water flow tests and plumage test results; fire fighting apparatus available; city ordinances; building activity, etc.)
Also present is correspondence, mainly between the State Board of Insurance (or the predecessor agency handling this function), or the Texas Commission on Fire Protection, and city officials and engineers and/or the National Board of Fire Insurance Underwriters. Topics concern the fire fighting capabilities of the city, including equipment needed, changes to pumping stations, water main construction or repairs, building code issues, key rate issues, fire code compliance for buildings, and conflagration issues. Many letters in the late 1930s concern WPA projects undertaken and refer to attached blueprints, most of which are not present with these files. Memoranda between the Department of Insurance and the Commission on Fire Protection in the 1990s document the acceptance or non acceptance of recommended key rates, with reasons for nonacceptance of a rate given.
Housed separately are a large group of mostly original maps of water systems of cities and towns. These maps typically show streets and roads, rivers, lakes, water lines, fire hydrant locations, and other water system features. Most of the maps were done by the Engineering Division of the Department of Insurance or its predecessors (the State Board of Insurance, the Texas Fire Insurance Dept., or the State Fire Insurance Commission), with a few done by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection. Several hundred water system maps and related maps are folded and housed in the boxes with the records of the cities and towns, most being different editions of the city water system plats done by the various insurance agencies. Other maps include water system or water district maps by local governments, and street maps. During processing, original water system maps found in the boxes were removed and placed in the Historic Map Collection, along with maps housed separately from the city files. These maps are listed in the finding aid by map number following the name of the city in the group one city files.
This series is split into four separate finding aids due to the electronic file size limitations imposed by the online finding aid web site (TARO). If you are reading this electronically, click on the following link to access the finding aid for parts I, II, and IV Texas Department of Insurance, State Fire Marshal key rate city files: Part I (city group one, A-G); Texas Department of Insurance, State Fire Marshal key rate city files: Part II (city group one, H-N); and Texas Department of Insurance, State Fire Marshal key rate city files: Part IV (city group two). . If you are reading this in paper, Parts II through IV of this series can be found in separate dividers within this binder
This finding aid describes a single series of the State Fire Marshal records. If you are reading this electronically, click on the following link to access the additional series found in the overall finding aid, Texas Department of Insurance State Fire Marshal key rate files. If you are reading this in paper in the Archives search room, the overall series finding aid is found in the first divider within the same binder.
To prepare this inventory, the described materials were cursorily reviewed to delineate series, to confirm the accuracy of contents lists, to provide an estimate of dates covered, and to determine record types.
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Restrictions on Access
Because of the possibility that portions of these records fall under Public Information Act exceptions including, but not limited to, home addresses, phone numbers, and social security numbers of government employees or officials (V.T.C.A., Government Code, Section 552.117); driver's license numbers (V.T.C.A., Government Code, Section 552.130), an archivist must review these records before they can be accessed for research. The records may be requested for research under the provisions of the Public Information Act (V.T.C.A., Government Code, Chapter 552). The researcher may request an interview with an archivist or submit a request by mail, fax, or email including enough description and detail about the information requested to enable the archivist to accurately identify and locate the information requested. If our review reveals information that may be excepted by the Public Information Act, we are obligated to seek an open records decision from the Attorney General on whether the records can be released. The Public Information Act allows the Archives ten working days after receiving a request to make this determination. The Attorney General has 45 working days to render a decision. Alternately, the Archives can inform you of the nature of the potentially excepted information and if you agree, that information can be redacted or removed and you can access the remainder of the records.
Materials do not circulate, but may be used in the State Archives search room (Room 100). Materials will be retrieved from and returned to storage areas by staff members.
Restrictions on Use
Most records created by Texas state agencies are not copyrighted and may be freely used in any way. State records also include materials received by, not created by, state agencies. Copyright remains with the creator. The researcher is responsible for complying with U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.).
Technical Requirements
Most of the maps are too large to photocopy.
Researchers are required to wear gloves provided by the Archives when reviewing photographic materials.
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
(Identify the item), Texas Department of Insurance State Fire Marshal key rate city files. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Accession Information
Accession number: 2002/082
These records were transferred to the Archives and Information Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by the State Fire Marshal's Office of the Texas Department of Insurance on December 12, 2001.
Processing Information
Laura K. Saegert, January 2007
Appraisal Information
These records were appraised as archival by the appraisal staff on November 1, 2001. The records and all maps were transferred to the State Archives shortly thereafter. The appraisal report can be found in the search room of the State Archives; it is also available online at http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/appraisal/firemarshalkeyrate.html.
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The best part about a Metta World Peace interview involves his unpredictability.
For example, the Lakers forward divulged a two-month-old injury to explain his earlier season struggles.
"I didn't want to make excuses," World Peace said, "But I popped something in my (right) fibula, but it didn't tear."
The injury apparently happened in the Lakers' 116-101 loss Jan. 11 to the Oklahoma City Thunder two days after experiencing an injury two days earlier in San Antonio.
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World Peace said those injuries contributed to his struggles while guarding perimeter players. After shooting relatively well in November (41.3 percent) and December (44.5 percent), hie numbers dipped in January (38.5 percent) and February (32.6 percent).
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Canadian companies feel strongly about helping to support communities affected by natural disasters and other emergencies abroad.
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A Celebration of Our History
April 22 -- October 29, 2000
Suffragist and Reformer
"Men their rights and nothing more; women their rights and nothing less."
Suffragist and Reformer
"Men say we are ever cruel to each other. Let us end this ignoble record and henceforth stand by womanhood."
Two women were the driving force behind the women's rights movement. Their partnership was formed in 1851, after their separate fights for women's rights, temperance, and anti-slavery programs led only to frustration. With eloquence, determination and sheer stamina, they became the most powerful team in the history of women.
Miss Anthony was the organizer, tirelessly touring the country to attend rallies. She focused all of her energy on women's right to vote, and eventually merged various groups into one powerful organization-the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA). Mrs. Stanton was the philosopher (and mother to seven children) who wrote pamphlets, speeches, and books. She pushed not only for suffrage but for more liberal divorce laws and co-education. She protested sexual abuse and blamed orthodox religions for the repression of women. .
For more than 50 years, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton fought for the rights of all women. Both of them died years before any of their dreams came true.
Historic Artifacts:
of the HANDCLASP between Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, 1895-symbol
of their enduring friendship and collaboration for the advancement of women.
It has been passed from mother to daughter through six generations of the Stanton
-- On loan from Coline Jenkins-Sahlin, Greenwich CT-great-great-granddaughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton I
PAGE (copy) from the diary of Susan B. Anthony; entry
on the day the cast was made, 11-13-1895: ".went to Mrs Stanton's & had cast
taken of my single hand & then with it clasped with Mrs Stantons-& the Italians
pronounced it good cast-Then I rushed back to cousin Semanthas."
--From the Manuscript Division, Library of Congress. Transcript prepared by staff of Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, Department of History, Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ
-- Copy courtesy of Coline Jenkins-Sahlin, Greenwich CT
"Commitment to Jail" and "Writ of Habeus Cor-pus" issued to Susan B. Anthony
for voting in the 1872 presidential election.
-- On loan from the National Archives Northeast Region, New York NY
FOR A 16TH AMENDMENT, broadside issued from the National Woman Suffrage
Association, 1876, signed by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
-- On loan from the Records of the U.S. House of Representatives / National Archives, Washington D.C.
newspaper written and published by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton,
-- On loan from the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Rush Rhees Library, University of Rochester, Rochester NY
OF WOMAN SUFFRAGE, vols. III-IV by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
-- On loan from the Susan B. Anthony House, Rochester NY
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Hey SP,
There is three databases on a website that I'm working on. One is the live_db, one is the dev_deb and one is the test_db. There is also three versions of the site labeled the same (live.domain.com, dev.domain.com and www is the live). Right now when I want to update something I over write the test db and site with code from the dev site, if all is good, then I will copy the dev updates to the live site. So far this system is working pretty well and I've written some scripts which tell me which scripts are out of date and it's really made updating a synch! However, I still have to manually alter the table structure and I'm starting to think there must be a way easier way to do this.
I know that I could drop tables altogether and then do an import from the updated database but the strange challenge here is that on the dev_db the structure is newer, but the data is older. So sometimes it's not even possible to import either way. What I would really love to discover is some kind of handy mysql or php function that looks at the table structure of the dev_db and then removes or adds in missing columns on the test_db and then eventually the live_db. That would then pave the way for a simple data import if need be.
Right now I'm trying to launch some new inventory management features and I have about 30 columns of structure to add to various tables and I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed by it all and thinking there is probably a smarter way of looking at this problem. If you've got any ideas please let me know! Thanks a lot.
that sounds like the way to go
before messing around with the test database, drop the test database and import the dev database
that way, after the changes have been made to test, and you're ready to go to dev, you can drop dev and import test, and the data will ~not~ be newer
So you're saying.
Drop the test_db, over write it with the dev_db, do any data imports on the dev_db from the live_db, and then when all is good drop the live_db and overwrite it with the test_db?
at no point would i ~ever~ suggest overwriting the live database
So what is it exactly you are suggesting then? I'm confused on the part of getting the dev_db structure onto the live_db with out affecting the live_db data.:eek:
okay, i understand your confusion, sorry
if you make structural changes -- new or different columns, new tables, etc. -- you will eventually have to make those changes to the live database, yes?
this should not be done with drop-and-restore, not to the live database
it works between live and dev, and between dev and test, but not in the other direction, except in the case of test to dev, where it might be used for convenience, if needed
but eventually you will need to promote the stuctural changes to the live databasem and that should only be done with a script (series of SQL statements that performs the changes) with due regard for the live data in the live tables
i'm sorry if i glossed over this or gave you a wrong impression
Ahh, thank you for clarifying. So is there an easy way to compare two mysql tables together and then somehow generate the changes? I'm sure I could write a PHP Script that could pull that off.
i wouldn't call it "easy" but of course there has to be a way, and it would involve querying the INFORMATION_SCHEMA database
however, you're thinking of automating a process that, by definition, is going to be completely different every time you need it
in my experience, i would develop the script by hand every time
Well I gotta say you do have a badge that says "Database Guru"... so I'll take your advice and write it by hand haha. Thanks r937!


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