Wind Energy Jobs and How To Get Them

Wind energy is one of the fastest growing job opportunities today. The wind industry in the United States has been expanding at a rate of 35-40% per year for the last few years and is expected to continue to expand rapidly under the alternative energy-friendly leadership of President Obama.
According to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), the wind industry already employs 50,000 people in the United States, and this figure is expected to increase at least tenfold, to 500,000, by 2030.
Wind energy careers will be available in numerous fields to those with the interest and educational background to claim them.
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Job Opportunities in Wind Energy

The main areas of job growth in the wind industry are expected to include resource analysis, manufacturing, installation, and management, as well as research. A smaller number of jobs are expected to be created in areas such as public relations, human resources, and other support business personnel for wind energy companies.

Job Title Sampling

A sampling of wind energy job titles:
  • Wind resource analyist
  • Environmental impact analyist
  • Windsmith
  • Turbine R&D scientist
  • Crane operator
  • Large load tranportation specialist
  • Wind turbine technician
  • Construction manager
  • Proposal writer
  • Offshore developer
The wind industry will employ people with backgrounds in fields such as:
  • engineering
  • electrical engineering
  • construction
  • meteorology
  • aerodynamics
  • computer science
  • mathematics
  • business
In many cases, a general degree in one of the above (or related) fields might be enough to get a good-paying job in the wind industry. However, a growing number of universities and technical schools in the United States are offering specific degree programs or certification relating to wind energy. The US Department of Energy website Wind Powering America offers a list of wind energy degree programs and other educational opportunities.
Wind industry sources also recommend that students interested in the industry seek out a wind energy internship before graduation. Internships offer valuable real world experience, as well as an opportunity to network and make connections within the industry.

Is Wind Energy Technician the career for you?

Other Opportunities in Wind Energy

Wind energy also offers opportunities for landowners with good wind resources. Through net metering programs, landowners who wish to install a small wind project on their property can earn extra income by selling unused power generated on their property to local energy companies.
A growing number of farmers, ranchers, and other large-scale landowners are also leasing land to wind energy corporations to develop wind farms on their property. Wind farms can be combined with many field crops for extra income, and combine especially well with livestock grazing operations. For more information, visit Wind Energy Basics for Farmers.

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User Authentication using PHP and MySQL and web forms

User Authentication using PHP , MySQL and a web form

This is a how to on establishing a login system for a web page or web based application.

Source files

You've seen them, account signups, email etc, well we are going to show the gist of a PHP login system using MySQL for user management.

First lets create a database responsible for managing the users

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `regUserTbl` (
`regUserID` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment,
`regUserName` varchar(50) NOT NULL,
`regPassWord` varchar(100) NOT NULL,
`regFirstName` varchar(50) NOT NULL,
`regLastName` varchar(25) NOT NULL,
`regEmail` varchar(75) NOT NULL,
`regPhone` varchar(13) NOT NULL,
`regVerified` tinyint(1) NOT NULL,
`regToken` varchar(100) NOT NULL,
`regStamp` datetime NOT NULL,
`regLastLog` datetime NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`regUserID`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COMMENT='Registered users table' AUTO_INCREMENT=1;

Run the above through a SQL query window through your favorite DBMS, i.e. PhpMyAdmin.

Upon success we are ready to go.

Here are the basics.

   1. The page needs to be secure from persons not logged in
   2. The page needs to redirect to the login page if not logged in
   3. The other outstanding logic is that the page shows the form if the Submit button is not clicked, and if it is clicked it checks for the form (validates) the info before we start querying the database (important).

The easiest way to do this is to create a function that will handle all of the processing and then just call the function (neat and tidy).

Lets create a page called login.php (I know really creative).

Now lets create a page called funt.php, this page will carry all of the functions we need and use on all pages.

In the funt.php, first make sure if using a WYSIWIG remove all auto code, just make sure the page is blank.

After that copy and paste this:

function logOn(){
//remove this after maintenance
//$errorMess = 'Performing Maintenance, Try again later!';
//include $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/form/loginFrm.php';
//return;
if(!isset($_POST['Submit'])){
if(!isset($_COOKIE['remMe']) && !isset($_COOKIE['remPass'])){
$errorMess = 'Please Log in your Account!';
}else{
$errorMess = 'Welcome Back: ' . $_COOKIE['remUser'] . '!';
}
$aClass = 'normFormClass';
include $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/gfl/form/loginFrm.php';
}elseif(isset($_POST['Submit'])){
//clean the strings for injection
$userName = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['userName']);
$passWord = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['passWord']);
//empty vars
#################################
### Error Checking ##############
if(empty($userName) && empty($passWord)){
$errorMess = 'Put in Username and Password!';
$aClass = 'errorFormClass' ;
include $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/gfl/form/loginFrm.php';
}elseif(empty($userName)){
$errorMess = 'Put in Username';
$aClass = 'errorFormClass';
include $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/gfl/form/loginFrm.php';
}elseif(empty($passWord)){
$errorMess = 'Put in Password';
$aClass = 'errorFormClass';
include $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/gfl/form/loginFrm.php';
}else{
//logon part of the function
$matchSql ="select * from regUserTbl";
$matchSql.=" where regUserName = '" . $userName . "'";
$matchSql.=" and regPassWord = '" . $passWord . "'";
$matchSql.=" and regVerified = '0'";
$matchResult = mysql_query($matchSql);
$matchNumRows = mysql_num_rows($matchResult);
if($matchNumRows == 1){
$errorMess = 'Check Email For Instructions on Verification!';
$aClass = 'errorFormClass';
include $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/gfl/form/loginFrm.php';
}else{
//select statement
$sql ="select * from regUserTbl";
$sql.=" where regUserName = '" . $userName . "'";
$sql.=" and regPassWord = '" . $passWord . "'";
$sql.=" and regVerified = '1'";
$totalLogins = 3;
//run the results
$result = mysql_query($sql);
$row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
//if no match put out and error
if($userName != $row['regUserName'] && $passWord != $row['regPassWord']){
if(!isset($_SESSION['attempLog'])){
$_SESSION['attempLog'] = 1;
//echo 'empty';
}elseif(isset($_SESSION['attempLog'])){
//$_SESSION['attempLog'] = $_POST['att']++;
$_SESSION['attempLog']++;
if($_SESSION['attempLog'] == 3){
//echo 'really full';
unset($_SESSION['attempLog']);
$errorMess = 'Recover Lost Password!';
$aClass = 'errorFormClass' ;
include $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/gfl/form/lostPass.php';
return;
}
}
//count the login attempts
$remainLogins = $totalLogins - $_SESSION['attempLog'];
$errorMess = 'No Matches';
//$errorMess.='&ltspan&gtAttempts Left[' . $remainLogins . ']&lt/span&gt';
$aClass = 'errorFormClass' ;
include $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/gfl/form/loginFrm.php';
//echo $_SESSION['attempLog'];
#######################################
### end of Error Checking
#######################################
}else{
//create cookie for future logins
if($_POST['remMe'] == 1){
setcookie('remMe' , $_POST['userName'], time()+604800);
setcookie('remPass' , $_POST['passWord'], time()+604800);
setcookie('remUser' , $row['regFirstName'], time()+604800);
//echo 'setcookie';
//return;
}elseif(empty($_POST['remMe'])){
setcookie('remMe' , $_POST['userName'], time()-604800);
setcookie('remPass' , $_POST['passWord'], time()-604800);
setcookie('remUser' , $row['regFirstName'], time()-604800);
}
$_SESSION['userId'] = $row['regUserID'];
$_SESSION['userName'] = $row['regUserName'];
$_SESSION['passWord'] = $row['regPassWord'];
$_SESSION['firstName'] = $row['regFirstName'];
$_SESSION['lastName'] = $row['regLastName'];
//show all the account info
header('location: main.php?cmd=ac');
}//end else
}//end elseif
}
}
}//end function

This is the function that will do all the damage we need.

login.php

Create a simple web page like so:

&lt?php include 'funt.php';?&gt

&lt!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"&gt
&lthtml xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt
&lthead&gt
&ltmeta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /&gt
&lttitle&gtUntitled Document&lt/title&gt
&lt/head&gt

&ltbody&gt

&lt?php

logOn();
?&gt

&lt/body&gt
&lt/html&gt

Notice in bold, we have included the funct.php, and we are calling the login function that we've  created, relax the function will do all the work, and can do more if we choose to.

The first thing the function does is look to see if the Submit button is clicked, if it were submitted already, the form will submit itself.

if(!isset($_POST['Submit'])){
if(!isset($_COOKIE['remMe']) && !isset($_COOKIE['remPass'])){
$errorMess = 'Please Log in your Account!';
}else{
$errorMess = 'Welcome Back: ' . $_COOKIE['remUser'] . '!';
}
$aClass = 'normFormClass';
include $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/gfl/form/loginFrm.php';

OK, we got a couple of things going on here, we are using a conditional statement to select an user message built into the form.

Before we go any further here is the form code:

&ltdiv id="userNameWrap"&gt
&ltform id="loginFrm" name="loginFrm" action="&lt?=$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];?&gt?cmd=lg" method="post"&gt
&lth4&gt&lt?=$errorMess;?&gt&lt/h4&gt
&ltdiv class="userNameRow"&gt
&ltspan class="userClassLeft"&gtUser Name:&lt/span&gt&ltspan class="userClassRight"&gt&ltinput name="userName" type="text" class="&lt?=$aClass;?&gt" id="userName" value="&lt? if (!isset($_COOKIE['remMe'])){ echo $_POST['userName'];} else { echo $_COOKIE['remMe']; }?&gt" size="28" /&gt
&lt/span&gt
&lt/div&gt
&ltdiv class="userNameRow"&gt
&ltspan class="userClassLeft"&gtPassword:&lt/span&gt&ltspan class="userClassRight"&gt&ltinput name="passWord" type="password" class="&lt?=$aClass;?&gt" id="passWord" value="&lt? if (!isset($_COOKIE['remPass'])){ echo $_POST['passWord'];} else { echo $_COOKIE['remPass']; }?&gt" size="28" /&gt
&lt/span&gt
&lt/div&gt
&ltdiv class="userNameRow"&gt
&ltspan class="userClassLeft"&gtRemember Me:&lt/span&gt&ltspan class="userClassRight"&gt&ltinput name="remMe" type="checkbox" id="remMe" value="1" &lt?php if(isset($_COOKIE['remMe'])){?&gtchecked&lt?php } ?&gt/&gt
&lt/span&gt
&ltinput class="blueButtonBgClass" name="Submit" type="Submit" value="Submit" /&gt
&lt/div&gt
&ltdiv class="userNameRow"&gt
&ltdiv align="center"&gt&lt/div&gt
&lt/div&gt
&lt/form&gt
&lt/div&gt

There are some things going on the form code you may ?'s about, post them and I will be happy to oblige.

Notice at the top of the form code $errorMess, we use this variable to give feedback to our users, (bad login, etc).

Now here is what happens when we push the button:

}elseif(isset($_POST['Submit'])){

First things first:

//clean the strings for injection
$userName = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['userName']);
$passWord = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['passWord']);

And then we check for empty fields:

//empty vars
#################################
### Error Checking ##############
if(empty($userName) && empty($passWord)){
$errorMess = 'Put in Username and Password!';
$aClass = 'errorFormClass' ;
include $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/gfl/form/loginFrm.php';
}elseif(empty($userName)){
$errorMess = 'Put in Username';
$aClass = 'errorFormClass';
include $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/gfl/form/loginFrm.php';
}elseif(empty($passWord)){
$errorMess = 'Put in Password';
$aClass = 'errorFormClass';
include $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/gfl/form/loginFrm.php';

if you look thru each case, you can follow the logic, if you didn't fill out a field, show the form, simple.

Now here is what happens when all fields are present and accounted for:

$sql ="select * from regUserTbl";
$sql.=" where regUserName = '" . $userName . "'";
$sql.=" and regPassWord = '" . $passWord . "'";
$sql.=" and regVerified = '1'";

We are checking to see if we carry any matches against the db.

You know what happens when you answer the door and you don't know the person right, well you don't let them in, same thing except in outer space now.

//if no match put out and error
if($userName != $row['regUserName'] && $passWord != $row['regPassWord']){

And of course we show the form, the point is not to allow the person access and when we don't we SHOW the form.

Alot of people ask ok the login is working, what do I do next, you show them the PAGE, we redirect after all is well.

Before that we created all the SESSION vars we need to make the magic work.

$_SESSION['userId'] = $row['regUserID'];
$_SESSION['userName'] = $row['regUserName'];
$_SESSION['passWord'] = $row['regPassWord'];
$_SESSION['firstName'] = $row['regFirstName'];
$_SESSION['lastName'] = $row['regLastName'];
//show all the account info
header('location: lockedPage.php');

Notice in bold, first we create some sessions and then we send the user to the page, which in our example lockedPage.php.

That's the gist of it, a couple of tidbits though, the lockedPage.php must have a couple of deals at the top the page in order for this thing to pull off.

&lt?php

session_start();

if(empty($_SESSION['userId'])){

// send them back to login

header('location: login.php');

}

We must always start our pages using session_start(); other wise the values will not be carried over in the new page, and the conditional statement does what is says, if the SESSION does not exists, send them back (SHOW THEM THE FORM).

Now if there any questions or needs lets post them and share, as always take it and make it better so we can all learn, and always look for more efficient and elegant ways to make it happen, thank you all.

Boone Pickens the social networker? Pickensplan.com launches!

Pickens goes to social networking to promote alternative energy plan

T. Boone Pickens, the legendary billionaire oil tycoon, has developed a rather definitive plan for the United States to become less dependent on foreign oil through alternative energy. Just today Pickens launched the website PickensPlan.com where you find out all the details of his comprehensive energy plan.
What does he see as the principle problem that we face right now? The fact that the United States has become infinitely more dependent on foreign oil. In 1970 we imported 24% of our oil. Today we import 70% and that number is still growing.
What is T. Boone Pickens plan anyway? Pickens believes that the United States should make a huge investment in wind power. He says "the United States is the Saudi Arabia of wind power." The main idea of Pickens plan is that we need to utilize wind power as a major source of U.S. electric power generation. He believes that we can provide electricity to more than 20% of America's homes using wind power within 10 years. The second major step of his plan involves the fact that natural gas is what he calls the "cleanest transportation fuel available today." Pickens believes natural gas, because of its affordability and cleanliness, should be used as a major source of transportation fuel. Natural gas for transportation costs less than $1 now, and 98% of the natural gas used in the United States is from North America. Basically, Pickens believe that through wind electricity and natural gas transportation fuel we can dramatically reduce our need for foreign oil and thus drive down the price of oil.
Pickens is clearly putting on a full court press to push this new energy plan of his. This morning he was a guest on Squawk Box on CNBC to announce the plan. He also had a major articleon his plan today in USA Today. It's not just normal media that Pickens is using though. He has opened a fan club on Facebook and started his own channel on youtube. Pickens is doing this to try to reach younger people and those who he normally couldn't reach.
I think some parts of the plan are a little simplistic. I believe if natural gas is used in a wider way for transportation it will likely cause natural gas prices to soar. Having said this, I believe that Pickens Plan is certainly a step in the right direction. He makes some good clear points about how to ween ourselves off foreign oil, which is clearly what needs to be done. Kudos to Boone Pickens for putting forth a detailed plan!

SERPs - What does this mean?

SERPs - What does this mean?

SERPs is a term commonly seen on internet forums. It is just another piece of jargon that is not quite so mysterious when you know what it stands for. SERP stands for Search Engine Results Page and is used by internet marketers and webmasters to describe where
they appear for their target key words in the various search engines results. This article explains the basics and also details why the results are constantly changing as both the internet and the search engines themselves change.

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